BREAKING NEWS - Shooting on a bridge in New Orleans

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BREAKING NEWS - Shooting on a bridge in New Orleans

#1 Postby wxmann_91 » Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:56 pm

8 people carrying guns shot by police officers. 5 or 6 killed. Source: MSNBC.

GEES, the news keeps getting better. :roll: :(
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#2 Postby southerngale » Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:00 pm

I heard it on Fox News a few minutes ago as well. Not the time to be messing with the authorities.
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#3 Postby PTrackerLA » Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:36 pm

Shoot or be shot at.
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#4 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:45 pm

Its about time!
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#5 Postby PTrackerLA » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:06 pm

Oh no, just heard on fox news those people might have been army corps of engineer contracts that were carrying guns on a bridge. I hope this isn't true.
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#6 Postby damicatz » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:09 pm

CNN.com

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AP: Army Corps of Engineers says police killed some of its workers as they crossed a bridge on the way to repair a canal. More soon
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#7 Postby CharleySurvivor » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:09 pm

I heard that also! I hope it's not true either!
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#8 Postby Pebbles » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:10 pm

CNN saying army corps of eng. says contractors en route to repair canal when shot
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#9 Postby CharleySurvivor » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:12 pm

OMG! I cannot beleive this, this is just TOO MUCH!
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#10 Postby PTrackerLA » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:13 pm

:cry:
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#11 Postby LSU2001 » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:13 pm

Fox is reporting that they were contractors on their way to help fix a canal.
But that it is unconfirmed. AP is reporting this though.
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#12 Postby Windy » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:14 pm

Go figure. *sigh*
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#13 Postby thunderchief » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:14 pm

I think the conduct of the NOPD has been the most disgraceful thing durring this storm.
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#14 Postby CharleySurvivor » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:16 pm

Where they shot by NOPD?
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#15 Postby Solaris » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:17 pm

NEW ORLEANS (AP)--Police shot eight people carrying guns on a New Orleans bridge Sunday, killing five or six, a deputy chief said. A spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said the victims were contractors on their way to repair a canal. The contractors were walking across a bridge on their way to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain to fix the 17th Street Canal, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Corps. Earlier Sunday, New Orleans Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said police shot at eight people, killing five or six. The shootings took place on the Danziger Bridge, which spans a canal connecting Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River. No other details were immediately available.
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#16 Postby huricanwatcher » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:19 pm

were they even asked to identify themselves or are the police that itchy fingered with all that is going on....

:cry: :cry: :cry:
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#17 Postby CharleySurvivor » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:20 pm

Unbelievable! Who will want to work there now.
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#18 Postby damicatz » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:20 pm

Between police taking part in the lootings and this, I think it's time for a serious reevaulation of the competency of the NOPD.

I understand they are weary but if someone isn't looting or overtly breaking the law, you don't just shoot them. They should have asked the people on the bridge who they were and why they were carrying guns before shooting. And not just shooting but shooting to kill.
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#19 Postby huricanwatcher » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:21 pm

it was an outside source shooting at the contractors that the police shot and killed-------- all the contractors are ok as per FOX NEWS right now
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#20 Postby SunnyThoughts » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:22 pm

I can't believe the communications between all the different agencies are still this bad. I read where tons of communicaiton equipment was coming in...this is just horrible if its true. What a sad sad situation with the good guys shooting the good guys, and the bad guys..well, I would suspect SOME of the "thugs" have already ditched their weapons and blended in with the other evacuees considering the influx of armed troops. Just another heartbreak, on top of a very heartbreaking week.
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