Saturday, March 21, 2015

Man Attacks TSA Officers At New Orleans Airport

Yesterday evening, a man attacked TSA officers at the New Orleans international airport with wasp spray and a machete after walking down a Pre-Check security line.  He was shot three times and wounded by a Jefferson Parish police lieutenant stationed at the security checkpoint, and taken to a hospital.  The attacker, identified as Richard White, has reportedly been a taxi driver, and has a criminal history consisting of only charges of disturbing the peace and traffic-related infractions.

Read more at USA Today, Yahoo News, Fox News, The New York Times and The Times Picayune.

UPDATE:  From Fox News, the suspect has been pronounced dead.

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