Posted on 05/22/2002 4:30:01 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Not only that, it was a sawed off shotgun. Late May in New Orleans is not coat wearing weather. He either burst right through the door blasting away or was in full Islamic regalia for the Airport Security not to notice....uhh wait, strike that last part...
YES...that pisses me OFF too!
LOL - could be, but I doubt it. You're telling me in an urban area (especially freaky NO), adults actually behave like that? Oh and he also had a shotgun on hand to defend his sullied honor.
Good grief...
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They left out a couple of items. Shep Smith also said he was carrying a copy of the Koran and that he invoked the name of Allah.
Yep, and thanks to Magaw, Ridge and the rest of the benevolent bunch that keeps us safe, there were no armed pilots around that may have attempted to intervene, running up the casualty toll 10 times!
Yes -- a Fox News Alert, and they haven't mentioned it since. It's obviously more important to talk about Buddhist Monks threatening people with rifles, or whether Mike Piazza is gay, than someone getting shot in our oh-so secure airports.
Man Opens Fire At Armstrong (Local NBC TV
KENNER, La. -- A woman was shot Wednesday at Louis Armstrong International Airport, and police are still trying to determine a motive and her relationship -- if any -- to the alleged attacker.
The suspect, Patrick Gott, 43, of Pensacola, Fla., is in custody.
Gott, who was wearing a turban and carrying a copy of the Quran, told investigators that he fired because people in the airport made fun of his headwear.
The incident occurred at 3:37 p.m., according to airport spokeswoman Michelle Duffourc.
Witnesses said the woman was approached as she stood in a ticket line near the Southwest Airlines and US Airways ticket counters by Gott, who pulled out a sawed-off shotgun and fired once, hitting her in the stomach.
An airline employee also reportedly was grazed by buckshot from the blast.
As Gott allegedly tried to reload, he was tackled by an airline employee and another man, who held him until police arrived.
"I thought it was an explosion," a US Airways employee said. "I went down, I got back up and I noticed this gentleman here -- the gunman, with a shotgun. He went to pump for a second time, the gun jams. He goes up with the gun to pump for a third time, and a customer jumps on him and then some other individuals got involved also."
The 45-year-old woman, whose name is not being released, was taken to Kenner Regional Medical Center, where she is in critical condition, a hospital spokesman said.
Because the shooting took place in an airport, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office and Kenner police are being joined in the investigation by the FBI.
Duffourc said airport operations are returning to normal.
I don't know where you come from, Pilgrim, but here in Colorado, cowboys are pretty traditional. Most wear cowboy hats, one or two wear propeller beanies, but you'd never find one wearing a turban!
On a more serious note, good thing he short-stroked that pump gun, otherwise there would be a lot more injured and dead.
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