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To: Howlin; spectre; NautiNurse
Five People Shot To Death On New Orleans Bridge

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Police shot eight people carrying guns on a New Orleans bridge Sunday, killing five or six of them, a deputy chief said.

Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said the shootings took place on the Danziger Bridge, which connects Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.

He said he had no other details.

6,516 posted on 09/04/2005 2:15:21 PM PDT by TexKat
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To: TexKat
Oops, it really happened!

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6,524 posted on 09/04/2005 2:20:41 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (50,000 refugees to AR)
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To: TexKat

Now AP saying Army contractors were shot on a bridge. Is it possible that the NO police were trigger-happy and shot the wrong people? I would think Army Corps contractors would likely be armed.


6,593 posted on 09/04/2005 3:05:44 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Mid-life crisis in progress...)
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