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Five men shot by New Orleans police
At least five people have reportedly been shot dead by police in the US city of New Orleans, where a massive effort is underway to aid hurricane survivors.
The five were part of a larger group of people crossing a bridge carrying weapons, police official WJ Riley said.
The US government earlier announced it had restored order in New Orleans, six days after Hurricane Katrina brought flood waters and anarchy to the city.
The five were part of a larger group of people crossing a bridge carrying weapons, police official WJ Riley said.
The US government earlier announced it had restored order in New Orleans, six days after Hurricane Katrina brought flood waters and anarchy to the city.
New Orleans Deputy Police Chief Riley said at least five people had been killed when police opened fire on an armed group on the Danziger Bridge, linking Lake Pontchartrain with the Mississippi River.
It is not known if the police had come under fire first.
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lice shot and killed at least five people Sunday after gunmen opened fire on a group of contractors traveling across a bridge on their way to make repairs, authorities said.
Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said police shot at eight people, killing five or six.
Fourteen contractors were traveling across the Danziger Bridge under police escort when they came under fire, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers.
They were on their way to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain to help plug the breech in the 17th Street Canal, Hall said.
None of the contractors was killed, Hall said.
The bridge spans a canal connecting Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.
No other details, including whether any of the gunmen were killed, were immediately available.
The shootings come as the last weary refugees had been rescued from the Superdome and convention center and New Orleans turned its attention Sunday to gathering up and counting the dead across a ghastly landscape awash in thousands of corpses.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/04/katrina/main814703.shtml
The incident on Saturday morning, as the city began to clean up from the devastation of hurricane Katrina, resulted in four fatalities and one person in critical condition, said one policeman who asked not to be named. No police were wounded.
"Five men who were looting exchanged gunfire with police. The officers engaged the looters when they were fired upon," said superintendent of New Orleans police, Steven Nichols.
Asked for more details, he said only, "The incident is under police investigation."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050904/ts_nm/shooting_dc
It is not known if the police had come under fire first.
Read More
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4214232.stm
lice shot and killed at least five people Sunday after gunmen opened fire on a group of contractors traveling across a bridge on their way to make repairs, authorities said.
Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said police shot at eight people, killing five or six.
Fourteen contractors were traveling across the Danziger Bridge under police escort when they came under fire, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers.
They were on their way to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain to help plug the breech in the 17th Street Canal, Hall said.
None of the contractors was killed, Hall said.
The bridge spans a canal connecting Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.
No other details, including whether any of the gunmen were killed, were immediately available.
The shootings come as the last weary refugees had been rescued from the Superdome and convention center and New Orleans turned its attention Sunday to gathering up and counting the dead across a ghastly landscape awash in thousands of corpses.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/04/katrina/main814703.shtml
The incident on Saturday morning, as the city began to clean up from the devastation of hurricane Katrina, resulted in four fatalities and one person in critical condition, said one policeman who asked not to be named. No police were wounded.
"Five men who were looting exchanged gunfire with police. The officers engaged the looters when they were fired upon," said superintendent of New Orleans police, Steven Nichols.
Asked for more details, he said only, "The incident is under police investigation."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050904/ts_nm/shooting_dc
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Cindy Clyne
Sunday, September 04, 2005 5:54 PM
It's the worst explosion of gun violence yet in New Orleans.
Police shot eight people carrying guns on a bridge Sunday, killing five or six of them.
It happened as police escorted a group of engineers over a bridge connecting Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.
The engineers were there to make repairs to a canal. A Spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers says the contractors were under fire from gunmen but none were killed.