Posted on 05/19/2021 7:04:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
A man armed with a knife entered the Bayou La Batre City Hall with the intention of killing law enforcement officers. He was able to stab the City Magistrate, who happens to also be the Mayor’s wife, before being apprehended by law enforcement.
An unnamed suspect stabbed Marcia Barnes, the wife of Mayor Henry Barnes. He was trying to get past her so he could kill police officers in the Gulf Coast seafood processing town of 2500. Police were aware of the man’s identity, having had reports about him in the past. According to AJC:
The woman was taken to a hospital and required stitches to her leg, and the mayor said his wife was the only person injured, WPMI-TV reported. A man was in custody, but authorities didn’t immediately release his name.
“His intent was to kill law enforcement. … Attacking the magistrate was one way to get to us,” Dagg said. “He was familiar to us. Over the years, we’ve known him.”
The city posted on their Facebook page that City Hall was temporarily closed following the incident.
BAYOU LA BATRE CITY HALL has been closed effective immediately. Reopening details will be posted when available. THE BAYOU LA BATRE COURT OFFICE has been closed effective immediately and will remain closed until further notice. BAYOU LA BATRE MUNICIPAL COURT that was scheduled for today has been postponed. Rescheduling information will be issued at a later time. Updates to openings and reschedule dates will be announced once that information is released.
At a time when law enforcement is under attack from multiple angles, it’s important that everyone stays alert. There are crazy people lurking with ill intentions.
BAYOU LA BATRE is Forrest Gump movie setting................
Police were aware of his identity but he is unnamed.
Should have been shot dead.
I wonder if his life mattered
When will we have common sense knife laws.
The Police are, to a degree, just minions of the Mayor [and thus of ourselves].
Nope, he was unarmed (knives don't count as weapons these days).
Depends on the structure of the city government. Here in Ft. Walton Beach, the ‘Mayor’ is really just a figurehead for local festivities..................
Should tell you a lot........................
Yep. Heard y’all had a little ruckus down on the piers a couple days ago. Not going to name names, but it sounds like a local football coach and his sons plumb whopped some azzes from what I hear.
Yes, and now he’s been arrested.................
We were in that bayou yesterday on an air boat tour.
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Safely away from the kook......................
No, it's the Mayor's wife's duty to shoot the knife out of the attackers hand, or else it's a hate crime.
The Mobile County District Attorney’s office said that a 47-year-old man,
Pho Xay Keomanizang, had been charged with attempted murder for stabbing
the city magistrate as well as third-degree escape for an attempt to get away
after his arrest.
I live about 8 miles from there.
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