Bourbon Street strip club robbed at gunpoint, employee shot in knee ...

Someone walked into a French Quarter strip club early Monday, shot an employee just above the knee and robbed the business, according to authorities. The robber fled, and the New Orleans Police Department is now searching for him.

Police said the incident happened about 5:30 a.m. at 411 Bourbon St., the address of Little Darlings. A 30-year-old man who works there let the last employee out of the business, locked the door and went into an office to count money.

The man then heard three gunshots, and an armed robber kicked in the office door. The robber shot the man in the leg and hit him in the back of the head with the gun. The victim was knocked out, woke back up and noticed an undisclosed amount of cash was missing, police added.

The victim's injuries are not life-threatening, and paramedics took him to Interim LSU Public Hospital for treatment, said New Orleans EMS spokesman Jeb Tate. No other information was immediately released.

The shooting on Bourbon is at least the third that officers have responded to around the city since late Sunday afternoon, and two of those incidents were deadly. In the first of the earlier shootings, a 30-year-old was slain in the parking lot of the London Lodge Motel in the 9300 block of Airline Highway in Hollygrove about 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

Little more than two hours later, a man was shot in the hip in the 500 block of Socrates Street in Algiers and subsequently died from his wounds. There had not been a murder in New Orleans since Oct. 23. Police have not named any suspects or motives in Sunday's attacks.

Officials ask anyone with information on these cases to call Crimestoppers at 504.822.1111 or toll-free at 877.903.7867. Tips can also be texted to C-R-I-M-E-S (274637); text TELLCS then the crime information. Callers or texters do not have to give their names or testify and can earn a $2,500 reward for information that leads to an indictment.

Source: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/11/bourbon_street_strip_club_robb.html

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