KENNER, La. — Bullet holes riddle a house on Tifton Avenue in Kenner where a 10-year-old child and a 19-year-old were shot Saturday morning while sleeping.
Police said bullets ripped into the home early Saturday morning, and shell casings from at least three different guns were found near the house.
Kenner Police said both of the victims are listed as stable.
The home was the same house where a 16-year-old was shot and killed by another teen, back in July, according to the Kenner Police Department.
People in the neighborhood said the shootings are out of the norm for their area.
"I've never encountered anything like this: Nobody shooting in nobody's house," said Eurgan Lee, a woman who lives near the scene of the shooting.
"I heard three or four gunshots. It woke me up," said Lee.
Investigators with the Kenner Police Department said the shooting happened a little after 4 a.m.
"I stayed up after that because it really shocked me," said Lee. "Why would they want to shoot a 10 and a 19-year-old? That's my question, 'What was the motive.'"
Eurgan Lee said she has lived in this neighborhood for nearly 50 years and says it's usually a quiet neighborhood. She said the last incident like these two recent acts of violence happened more than five years ago.
"A bullet came through the school over there, came all the way over here, hit, went into my car door. I didn't even know that the bullet went in there. If I had been coming on this porch at that time, I could've been shot," she said.
She's hopeful action will be taken to prevent another shooting.
"There's a school right there, and children walk all up and down the street every day. They're just going happy-go-lucky with guns. I think they really should put some kind of watchmen, whatever, detective or something, just to find out what's going on back here in order for these things to happen," said Lee.
There’s no word on whether Saturday morning’s shooting and the shooting in July are related.