A person entered a gun store and shooting range in a New Orleans suburb and fatally shot two people Saturday, prompting customers and staff to open fire on the shooter, a sheriff said. The shooter also died.
A person entered a gun store and shooting range in a New Orleans suburb and killed two people on Saturday, prompting customers and staff to open fire on the gunman, a sheriff said.
02-21-2021
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METAIRIE, La. (AP) A person entered a gun store and shooting range in a New Orleans suburb and fatally shot two people Saturday, prompting customers and staff to open fire on the shooter, a sheriff said. The shooter also died.
The shooting happened around 2:50 p.m. at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in the suburb of Metairie, according to a release from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said the shooter initially struck two people inside, and then several other people whether employees or store customers opened fire on the shooter, both inside and outside of the building. Outside the building, a man could be seen afterward behind yellow police tape yelling “Where is my son?”