PICTURED: 24-year-old woman gunned down during New Orleans mass shooting ... trends now
A mass shooting outside a New Orleans nightclub left a 24-year-old woman dead and 11 injured on Sunday night.
Jezreel Aquilla Poleate was identified as the young woman who was killed outside The Republic NOLA, a popular live music venue in the center of New Orleans, NOLA.com reported.
'She was my only daughter,' Sharon Poleate, 64, said Thursday. 'She was loving, friendly, fashionable and she never met a stranger.'
Friends of Poleate told the local outlet she was among the group that was targeted by the shooter outside the club.
Authorities have also not released any information on the suspect nor the motive for the shooting.
The shooting happened at around 11:56pm, and of the eleven who were injured, six were women and five were men, according to the New Orleans Police Department. No information on them has been made available other than the fact that they've been taken to the hospital.
Pictured: Jezreel Aquilla Poleate, 24, who was killed in a mass shooting outside a New Orleans club late Sunday night
The interior of NOLA Republic nightclub in New Orleans
The exterior of the nightclub where the shooting took place on late Sunday night, leaving one dead and 11 injured so far
Poleate, who graduated from Helen Cox High School in 2018, was described as a hard worker by friends and family. She usually had two or three jobs, having worked events at Caesars Superdome, the home of the New Orleans Saints football team. More recently, she had started a new gig at a New Orleans bar.
Bria Smith, 22, and Mikia Gumms, 25, were friends of Poleate and grew up with her. Both of them spoke with NOLA.com. Smith reportedly learned about her close friend's death from social media.
'I just don't know the right words,' Smith told the outlet. 'She was definitely a loving person. She was so outspoken and funny, always cracking jokes. There was never a dull moment.'
NOLA.com reported that neither Smith nor
