A 27-year-old New Orleans man sparked gun battle that killed him and two others inside Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie on Saturday afternoon, according to sources in the U.S. order.
Sources said Joshua Jamal Williams was carrying a handgun with a clip attached to the weapons warehouse and 6719 Airline Drive indoor firing range at approximately 3 p.m. on Saturday, when staff told him to unload the gun. ‘weapon. The rules prohibit people from carrying weapons loaded from a distance.
Williams later fired a warning wheel before fatally shooting a store employee, 47-year-old Noah Fischbach, married and father, one source said. Then, several Jefferson Gun Outlet gunmen began exchanging gunfire with Williams.
“Everyone is tied to it,” the customer says
Williams and a woman were wounded and mortally wounded during melee. He died after running out into the parking lot and the woman died near the store’s glass door, which was shattered. Two more people were injured and taken to hospital, and their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, the Jefferson Parish sheriff’s office said.
A relative of Williams wondered Saturday what could have caused the first shots. The family member doubted Williams, who had gone to the store to practice targets while spending time with his brother and some children, would have appeared ruined by a gun fight at a place known to be a meeting place for agents. of off-duty police and former military personnel.
“That would be a death sentence,” said the relative, who declined to give his name.
A social media profile under the name Fischbach describes him as a special effects technician and shipowner (or someone who handles weapons) for film and television productions. In addition to Metairie and New Orleans, he had lived in Portland, Oregon.
Photos on social media show him with his wife and children. Other information on social media shows that Fischbach and his wife celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary less than two weeks before they killed him.
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