FBI En route – Suspect in Custody:

update-1MEDIA REPORT – A man wielding a machete and a can of wasp spray entered Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport today and was shot by an officer as he threatened agents near a checkpoint, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said.

The suspect was identified as Richard White, 63, a taxi driver, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said in a press conference tonight.

The officer fired three shots, one of which grazed a bystander. Two other people received minor injuries fleeing the scene. Three TSA agents were injured in the confrontation with the assailant. The suspect sustained three gunshot wounds to his chest, face and thigh, officials said.

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[…] Police said they know of no connection between the suspect and anyone else at the airport and did not believe he was a traveler.

The suspect entered the airport and walked down the TSA pre-line where he encountered a TSA officer who was checking boarding passes to be scanned, police said. He was challenged by TSA officer and he allegedly pulled a can of wasp spray and sprayed the TSA officer in the face.

The suspect proceeded past that checkpoint and confronted two other TSA officers, a female and a male. The suspect sprayed the male in the face, police said. He struck the female with a machete that he pulled out causing a laceration across the officer’s upper right arm.

The male TSA officer grabbed a piece of luggage to defend himself, then the assailant chased him through the metal detector. A law enforcement officer arrived at the scene and fired three times, stopping the assailant, police said. (read more)

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