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Posted on April 22, 2013 at 3:42 PM

Updated today at 4:29 PM

Bill Capo / Eyewitness News

HARVEY, La. — A bar fight six weeks ago led to gunfire Monday morning in Harvey, sending five people to the hospital, including three young children, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand.

There were seven people shot at the Lapalco Apartments in the 2300 block of Lapalco Boulevard. The bullets injured five of them: two women and three children — the oldest age three — who were sleeping in the living room.

“When you have someone shooting three kids under 3 and two adult females with an AK-47,” Normand said, “these are cold blooded killers.”

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The occupants were afraid to let deputies in, because the suspects had posed as police to get inside.

“They announced they’re the police,” Fortunato said. “Well, the moment she opens the door, they lay out a barrage of gunfire into this apartment.”

Neighbors were shocked by the violence against toddlers.

“It is just awful,” Elnora said. “I don’t have the words to explain myself. Looking at those kids shot up, it’s awful.”

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