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He put on some music and turned on some Christmas lights that had been strung up in the van.

Nearly 24 hours after the attack took place, the corner of Canal and Bourbon streets remained an active crime zone, with dozens of police cars blocking the road and police tape still strung up.

The ghostly story tells the tale of a sailor murdered by three criminals whose bodies were strung up on a hanging gallows as a warning to passing travellers.

In its place, they strung up a banner decrying the "selfish acts of vandalism".

The woman appeared to be in a daze, and she slumped down into a chair under the bright lights strung up to illuminate the makeshift field clinic.