Suspect Shot After Attacking TSA Agents At New Orleans Airport
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KENNER, La. (CBS News) - A terminal at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport was evacuated Friday night after a man with a machete attacked TSA agents and was shot by a police officer, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
The TSA said in a statement the incident took place at approximately 9 p.m., Central time Friday night.
"...A female Supervisory Transportation Security Officer (STSO) at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport was assaulted in the public area outside of Checkpoint B," the statement said. "The officer was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries."
Sheriff Newell Normand told CBS affiliate WWL-TV in New Orleans the suspect, whom he identified as 63-year-old Richard White, was taken to the hospital and was last reported as "unresponsive."
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