FRANKLINTON - Five people were injured, one of them critically, in a gang-related shooting that took place after a parade in Washington Parish late Sunday night. 

Police arrested 18-year-old Jamerian Anders following the shooting, which took place shortly before midnight after the Pepe Mardi Gras Parade in Franklinton. 

The Franklinton Police Department said Anders was arrested shortly after the shooting and that he gave a statement to police implicating himself in the crime. 

Officers said three of the five victims remained hospitalized after the shooting with one of them being in critical condition.