Machete-Wielding Man Shot at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

[lostinblue 1,989]

Machete-Wielding Man Shot at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

A man wielding a machete and a can of wasp spray entered Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport today and was shot by an officer as he threatened TSA agents near a checkpoint, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.

The suspect was identified as Richard White, 63, a taxi driver, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said in a press conference Friday night.

The officer fired three shots, one of which grazed a bystander. Two other people received minor injuries fleeing the scene. Three TSA agents were injured in the confrontation with the assailant. The suspect sustained three gunshot wounds to his chest, face and thigh, officials said.

Two TSA officers were sprayed with the wasp repellent and the other received an injury from the machete.

“At approximately 8:00 p.m. CDT, a female Supervisory Transportation Security Officer (STSO) at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport was assaulted in the public area outside of Checkpoint B. The officer was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries,” the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

The man had no gun. Clearly this is racism

[natty bumppo 289]

Two TSA officers were sprayed with the wasp repellent and the other received an injury from the machete.

Those TSA officers must have really been bugging him ....

Edited March 21, 2015 by natty bumppo

[GandD 5,966]

Hell hath no fury like a taxi driver scorned.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

I knew it was somebody black. That's the only thing that wets your pamper.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Which is all the more troubling... What would a black man be doing in New Orleans, of all places?

Apparently this Christian man was intent on doing some damage and hurting people...

I knew it was somebody black. That's the only thing that wets your pamper.

Edited March 21, 2015 by JohnR!

[Janelle2002 3,865]

The man had no gun. Clearly this is racism

Not racism this time. The man actually lived. lol

Which is all the more troubling... What would a black man be doing in New Orleans, of all places?

Apparently this Christian man was intent on doing some damage and hurting people...

I know! Why was he there?

Please do not let this be a bad representation on all Christians. Just because he was a Christian and committed this atrocious act, other Christians do not deserve to be stereotyped because of this one man's actions.

[JohnR! 5,495]

I don't see the Christian leaders, or anyone in the Christian world denouncing his actions, ergo they must be acquiescent.

Please do not let this be a bad representation on all Christians. Just because he was a Christian and committed this atrocious act, other Christians do not deserve to be stereotyped because of this one man's actions.

[Sousuke 1,214]

I don't see the Christian leaders, or anyone in the Christian world denouncing his actions, ergo they must be acquiescent.

What if he turns out to be an atheist?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

What if he turns out to be an atheist?

He is definitely Christian.

Atheist don't commit such atrocious acts.

[Sousuke 1,214]

He is definitely Christian.

Atheist don't commit such atrocious acts.

You haven't forgotten this case already have you?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31499161

[JohnR! 5,495]

I have no doubt he is a Christian...

He is definitely Christian.

Atheist don't commit such atrocious acts.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

You haven't forgotten this case already have you?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31499161

He's lying! Gun-totting always goes with Christian. like synonyms

I have no doubt he is a Christian...

Agree

[Sousuke 1,214]

He was a Jehovah's Witness - which is generally not considered Christian (we could debate this for ages I'm sure)

[JohnR! 5,495]

I understand. You mean Jehovah's Witnesses are to Christianity what extremists are to the Muslim faith.

He was a Jehovah's Witness - which is generally not considered Christian (we could debate this for ages I'm sure)