"Everyone immediately started running, and the cops immediately started running toward where people were running from," Mr. Clay said. "I was with a group of about seven people, and at that point we all just kind of grasped hands and made our way through the crowd as soon as possible."
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Patrick Clay, 21, a Louisiana State University student, told The Times-Picayune that he was standing on the corner of