New Orleans police have released pictures of a possible suspect in the Mother’s Day shooting rampage that injured 19 people, including two children. Stills of the man have been posted on YouTube in the hopes he will be recognized.

Cellphone video obtained by police shows the Mother’s Day parade crowd suddenly scattering, and some falling to the ground, in front of a man wearing a white T-shirt and dark pants. He is seen running away from the crowd while shooting at people.

Gunfire erupted in the Seventh Ward neighborhood at around 2:00pm local time (1900 GMT) during an annual Mother’s Day parade attended by up to 400 people. Based on a preliminary investigation, the FBI has confirmed that the shooting was likely related to street violence, not terrorism.

Investigators are continuing to conduct interviews, and collect evidence and surveillance video from the scene. The image of the shooter is not clear, but police said they hope someone will recognize him.

Police and local media have called for anyone who recognizes or may know the possible suspect to contact crime stoppers in the hope of tracing the gunman, or gunmen. Up to three gunmen are believed to be at large.

"There were hundreds of people there, and somebody saw something," New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a public appeal.

Screenshot from video / courtesy of YouTube user NOPD8th

A $2,500 cash reward was initially offered, which was later raised to $10,000 amid a massive manhunt. The reward is being offered to anyone who can provide information that leads to an arrest.

Former CIA agent Glenn Carle told RT that the violence did not resemble a terror attack: “It doesn’t have any of the hallmarks or modus operandi of terrorist groups that I ever worked against, that we know about in the intelligence community in the United States. It seems – knowing nothing more than the media reports – to have been either astoundingly amateurish by a terrorist, and I don’t think that’s the case, or more likely a gang-related kind of violent act.”

The shooting victims – 10 men, seven women, a boy and a girl, both 10 years old – were taken to hospitals for non-life-threatening wounds; three remain in critical condition.

Screenshot from video / courtesy of YouTube user NOPD8th

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