Posted on 05/22/2002 4:30:01 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Breaking on Fox News Channel now
Fox News broke the story. Said the man was carrying a koran and wearin a turban. They said two were shot by the turbaned SOB!
Im tired of being tolerant. The people that Im supposed to be tolerant of,keep blowing stuff up and killing Israelis and hijacking airliners and threatening our bridges and dams and........
By DOUG SIMPSON, Associated Press Writer
KENNER, La. (AP) - A woman was shot Wednesday afternoon as she stood in the ticket lobby of New Orleans' Louis Armstrong International Airport. Witnesses said a man tackled the shooter after the gun jammed or misfired.
The woman was hospitalized in stable condition. Airport spokeswoman Michelle Dufourc said the woman's injuries did not appear life threatening.
"I heard one very loud boom," said Mary Ann Rouanet, a US Airways ticketing agent. She said she ducked behind the counter; other employees scrambled out of sight through the baggage conveyor.
Another witness, Jonathon Jenkins, told WWL-TV that the shooter was subdued by another man after the gun jammed.
"Everyone scattered. Everyone went down in the middle of the lobby," Jenkins said. "I went down and when I came up I noticed a man with a shotgun in his hand. ... He went to pump the gun again and it jammed."
Flights were continuing but delays were reported.
I wonder how long it will take Susan Sarandon and Ed Asner to get on the phones drumming up a benefit for this poor, put-upon victim.
A Florida man shot and critically wounded a 24-year-old woman with a sawed off shotgun Wednesday afternoon at Armstrong International airport.
Patrick Gott, 43, of Pensacola, Florida is in custody for the shooting. Witnesses said that he attempted to fire off additional shots before his gun jammed and bystanders wrestled him to the ground.
The unidentified victim is in critical condition at Kenner Regional Medical Center. A spokesman for the hospital says she is in surgery. She was shot in the stomach area.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee says another person nearby sustained very minor injuries from a shotgun pellet.
Lee told a gathering of reporters that the man said he fired because people in the airport were making fun of his turban.
“That’s his story,” said Lee. “We don’t know what really happened.”
The shooting happened near the airport’s ticket counter, away from the area where screeners check luggage prior to a passenger’s boarding a plane.
A spokesperson for the airport says that flight schedules haven’t been affected, however, there are long lines outside of the building as much of the ticket counter has been cordoned off as a crime scene. Tickets are being taken outside of the facility.
Jonathon Jenkins, an eyewitness to the shooting, recalled that he heard what sounded like an explosion.
"Everyone scattered. Everyone went down in the middle of the lobby. I went down and when I came up I noticed a man with a shotgun in his hand... he was approaching the Southwest ticket counter... he went to pump the gun again and it jammed."
Jenkins said that a person at the ticket counter then jumped on the suspect and authorities came in.
B*st*rd..I choked on my beer when I saw that...Too damn funny..
In an airport? I thought they were banned there.
A shotgun in an airport?? They guy came looking for trouble. Fry his @SS!
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