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Subscribe to RSSA police officer was killed and two deputies critically wounded when a man opened fire on them in southern Louisiana, authorities said Saturday.
State Police Trooper Stephen Hammons told NBC station WDSU of New Orleans that a Chitimacha tribal officer and two St. Mary's Parish sheriff's deputies were responding to a fire at a trailer in Charenton when the man began shooting.
Wilbert Thibodeaux was arrested and was being treated for a gunshot wound, the Baton Rouge Advocate reported. It was unclear if he had been charged.
The burned body of a man was found in the mobile home after the fire was extinguished, the Advocate reported.
The Advocate gave this account of the shooting, citing a State Police news release and a phone interview with Hammons:
After the report of the fire and of a man armed with a shotgun, the Chitimacha officer found Thibodeaux walking down the road. Thibodeaux opened fire and the Chitimacha officer died on the scene. The deputies then arrived and were fired on.
Thibodeaux was wounded in a shootout, but it was unclear who shot him.
Fire consumed the trailer, a shed and two vehicles, and after the blaze was put out, authorities found the body of Eddie Lyons, 78.
Charenton is about 115 miles west of New Orleans.
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Did he use an "Assault rifle" ?
Nope. He used a shotgun.
Now get ready for all the anti gun whackos to post up here.
Still to much missing from this story !!!!!
The persons age, were drugs involved !! What is known about these people ?? Who owned the weapon that was used ?? Was it stolen ??? Was he drunk ??
To early in the story to jump on the gun people, as not enough is known at this time.
Americans are a violent breed; they have little respect for human life, let alone human rights.
When not killing people around the world in the name of "Anti-Terrorism", they are kill each other in record numbers.
Just for one day, the combined number of murder and rape in five major American cities, Detroit, Chicago, Phili, Los Angeles, and NYC exceeds the combined annual number of the same crimes in five nations, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, HongKong, and Singapore.
Please cite your sources WSFC. Do you have verified numbers to back up your claim?
Doug,
No, but rapid fire does turn bullets into a power saw.
Nope, definitely no problems with guns in this country....
Agree nsaq. Too many crazies. How about just once you Clockwork Orange types try to tackle facts?
Guns don't kill people, chicken gumbo does.
"Fortunately, we are only losing 30,000 people a year to gun violence in this county..." says the pre-Modern, ignorant sycophant of the NRA.
"Spoons and chaise lounge chairs are also weapons....should be ban them?" continues the lobotomized "intellectual" of the Right.
WWJC (What Would Jesus Carry?)
I believe Jesus would carry the 1911.
Gospel according to stonepipe. Chapter 7 plus one.
@WallSt
"Americans are a violent breed; they have little respect for human life, let alone human rights."
Some are violent. Few have no respect for human life. Most of us just want to be left alone.
Don't broad brush all of America.
This is a tough time. We can't have people shooting other people. But I don't want to give up my gun. Yes a liberal with a gun. See liberals and conservatives have something in common thats guns. People who do stupid $hit with guns are the ones causing all this grief. Another problem is the more we fight about this the longer it will take to fix the problem. Can't we come up with a better plan than what is out there. Please instead of arguing lets come up real answers to the problem. The first thing we should start to look at is mental health and how we can get the people who need it some help.
Nobody's asking you to give up your gun. The problem we have isn't complicated, there are simply too many handguns and high-capacity weapons out there. Why? The gun manufacturers are making a lot of money and have been smart enough to put a lot of it toward lobbying. A child can tell you that if a lot of people are getting killed by guns, it doesn't make any sense whatsoever to pump more guns into our society.
The arguments against ANY type of gun legislation are puny and less than childish. Cars kill people, why not ban them, etc. Something has to be done, just like something had to be done about the housing bubble, DDT, smog, and all the other things that got real, real bad because no one wanted to step up to the plate and do what was right.
I would like to challenge anyone out there to put up a rational reason for a private citizen to have a high-velocity weapon with a high-capacity magazine in it.
Every shooting now will make national news because the Liberal media is pushing Obama's agenda. They won't report how many people are killed by illegals or drunk drivrers, that isn't a popular subject with them.
Hey all..... you know we really need to get the finger off the hot button. Us anti-gun, anti-NRA, anti-insanity types can be reasonable occasionally. If a man named Wilbert Thibodeaux DIDN'T have a shotgun in the bayous outside of New Orleans there would be something seriously wrong with this story. Come on folks.... this is an American classic. I'm deeply sorry for the harm to these officers but this is an old old story and making political hay out of it by either side is ridiculous. That being said, every shooting SHOULD make the news. The NRA has swept gun violence under the rug far too long and it's time Americans were aware. Oops, there I go politicizing. Sorry.
I would like to challenge anyone out there to put up a rational reason for any citizen to own a high performance car such as a Mercedes or Porsche or BMW that has an odometer that exceeds 80mph when the speed limit on the highways here in the US are limited to that number.
Buying such a vehicle is a clear indication that you intend to break the law by speeding and manufacturers who import those vehicles to the US are nothing more than murderers because it has been proved that excessive speed causes the driver to loose control of the vehicle and become unable to stop when faced with a situation that demands immediate lessening of speed combined with control of the vehicle.
Mountain lady -
Your disengenuous apology aside, I agree with you that every shooting shoult be published - if every use of a firearm to prevent a crime is also published.
Fair is fair.
Mimi -
I see you are still trying to commit reason. Keep up the good work.
@WallSt
Yet the world always seems to turn to the USA to handle their problems...... for free yet.
Point One... "Human Life": Still, we engaged in two world wars, and while there are those claim they were fought to increase the wealth of those making the instruments of war, the men who did the fighting and dieing did so because they were under the impression it was for life, liberty, and a better tomorrow.
And the United States of America is still the country all others look to for aid, and refugees and immigrants of all nations do their damnedest and give their lives, as well leaving their children behind, to reach our shores.
Point Two: America invented the term "Human Rights" in spite of the fact that there is no such thing. The only "right" any humans have are those granted to them by the government or dictator of the country they happen to live in or under.
Must have thought he was shooting at a Boudreaux, still just another scumbag with no respect for others. Good thing is La has the death penalty for people just like this guy, fry in peace dirtbag.
Time for a gun ban. Agreed?
Wow, almost every one of your posts regurgitates the same old "gun ban" crap. Do you have a dartboard with the Constitution on it so something? I can sense your intense loathing for liberty.
Wait a sec, I thought liberals wanted an "Assault rifle" ban. Now you want to ban all guns?
I'll agree to a gun ban, but I'd also like a ban on alcohol and tobacco, all of which punishable by the same laws applied to firearms with equal penalties. I'd also like a ban on all vehicles that can travel faster than the speed limit, and I'd like the national speed limit to be set to 35 mph.
I mean, the goal is to save lives, right?
Takenaka, do you even live in the US? If you don't, then go away. If you do, then go live somewhere else. Your anit-gun rhetoric is really repetitive and annoying.
The Preamble of the Constitution, which states its general principles, contains the phrase " insure domestic tranquility". People shooting at each other does not bring about "domestic tranquility". Neither does having guns - these were police officers that were shot.
Gee, and the gun clutchers have so many varied responses.
Sir William, Good Knight of All That is Liberal True and Just (unless of course the facts are involved) Tell us good sir, other than the crazies-why is violent crime down as gun sales soared? Could it be the bad guys are afraid of an equal footing? I think you should look for a real horse, you seem to keep falling off your Unicorn and hitting your head.
stonepipe2 - Ask the parents of the children killed at Newtown, or the families of policemen ambushed while responding, if they care about your statistics. A 400 pound person who loses 15 pounds can say their weight is "down", but they are still obese.
Cap- shiver me timbers. As a gun owner, an American and a member of the human race I feel as bad about Newtown as anyone else or you do.
Gee, Tacky the Troll-boy strikes again. He's probably a zit-faced adolescent who spends all day trolling news forums, and masturbates furiously while typing the same old idiotic garbage. He probably gets a sexual thrill when anyone actually replies to him. I, on the other hand, do not reply to him, but merely mock and deride him, as he so richly deserves. One day, his mother will awaken from her drug stupor, look at her internet charges, go down the basement and kick his butt.
Save us all, let the baggers secede.
The beauty part about that is the fact 95% of their homes are on axles already.
Yes, let them secede.
"FORWARD" with the liberal Utopias.... like Chicago!
I find it ironic that the sames states who were going to secede from the Union if President Obama was re-elected, are the ones now touting their 2nd Amendment rights.
When they do, all products made, all foods grown, all goods imported to, those states will no longer be available to you at the prices you now pay.
Perhaps you should make a list of those things before shoving your feet further down your throat past your kneecaps. Be sure to include on that list the oil refineries and all those goods from Mexico coming across the Southern border that you will be paying a double tariff on.
Idiots.
I'm glad someone agrees with a gun ban. Also ban high capacity magazines.
takenaka
sounds like what you really want is more useless rules/laws... Presuming you managed to ban guns what purpose would there be on banning magazines at all? Welcome to the ignorant author list.
Takenaka - I support a gun ban for you only and your forced sterilization, as the majority of Americans don't really want your gene pool spread any further.
this was not a mass shooting with a semi automatic rifle , he used a shot gun and he got the drop on the police officers, I hope that he gets a death sentence
This is what a gun ban will give you, 5 people killed in shootings during bloody Chicago day. They have a gun ban. There need to be a ban on gangs and wackos. I am a police officer and I think the new laws in NY are wrong. We will be like Chicago soon.
Cops need to be banned
FluffyBunny's
I'm with you!
Look....It's buttman and the boy wonder to the rescue.
Didn't they learn from the recent incident in which firefighters were shot dead responding to a fire? This is America, where almost any wacko can easily and legally acquire guns. The only solution to the gun problem is more guns, at least according to the NRA.
And the death toll from guns in America keeps climbing higher and higher.
Almost as annoying as having to watch 20 school children get buried.
Really tedious, I mean 3 or 4 would have been enough.
Boy, nothing like a trailer park shooting to bring out the pro and anti gun nuts.
If anybody said anything pertinent, or enlightening. Just the same old slogans posted, again and again and again and...
For the record, none of the proposed gun laws would have prevented this shooting. The shooter used a shotgun, which is legal even in Great Britain. But it is also notable that being armed did not save life of the tribal officer, who was the first person shot and the only fatality.
Good post, you would hope that it could start some people to actually think a bit. It sure looks like the extremes are their own worst enemy in this thing and when that is the case we all lose.
Gee, I thought it was illegal to shoot cops! That sure didn't keep this guy from doing it.
Glaring example of why gun laws don't and won't do anything to stop criminals from committing crimes.
Tribal officer was armed with bow and arrow.
I was told the only way stop a bad guy with a gun was a good guy with a gun.
See how logic works??
WilliamOfRites
A gunman walks into a Ladbrokes betting shop in England and the unarmed customers killed him with their bare hands, How about that ?
torrens,
But I thought guns were illegal in the UK. How could that guy POSSIBLY have had one????
Oh, yeah, I forgot. Criminals ignore the law(s), that's why they can generally prey on unarmed people.
He must have been massively outnumbered or just extremely taken by surprise that unarmed people would stand up to him.
Regardless, it's great that they were able to send him straight to hell where he belongs and save some taxpayer money!
William -
Try reading the article again.
The killing stopped when some "good guy" (we don't know who from the article) shot the bad guy.
See how reading comprehension works?
Does it really matter what the news artical is....? The news story could be about ice skating and some sorry ass be trying to start an argument with everyone else about assault rifle ban.
I have been pushin for a ban on internet access in trailer parks. That will keep some of the pro-gun-nuts from trolling on the internet. I am still pushing for it.
NRA against anti-gun lawmakers, the NRA wins.
NRA against the American People, the NRA loses.
We will see the latter come into affect in the next two important elections. That will be in 2014, and 2016. All the NRA-KOOL-AID sipping internet trolls will not be able to stop the will of the American voters. Pure and simple.
Most trailer parks derive their power from exploding meth labs, therefore internet service is intermittant
So you are the representative for the American People? You have spoken to every one of us? Funny I don't recall meeting you. I think we have something called Elected Officials to represent us. Sorry if you don't like the fact that they are not all rabidly anti gun like you, but then many didn't like Obamacare shoved down their throats either. Can't have it all your way, this ain't Burger King.
Me, he ain't speakin for all of us but you might want to check the polls lately, people are in the majority for gun controls. So, yes, at this point he is right. It's called an election. If the rational among the gun group don't start coming to the table we will all loose more than we like.
Swallow...
Please continue to swallow the pablum or whatever else it is that you do.
I'm NOT for gun control. I'm for CRIMINAL control. I'm for mental health improvements and controlling the sociopaths walking among us.
For the more than 50 years I've owned and used firearms, NEVER has one loaded or fired itself without my intervention. Until I ACTIVELY do something with them, they just take up space in their racks that hold them. Very much like the tools in my tool chest. Until I ACTIVELY pick them up for use, they are dust collectors. Nothing more.
With ALL of the "gun control" measures being bandied about, please tell me how "banning" "large capacity magazines" or a firearm with a pistol grip or collapsing stock is going to control the HUMAN misusing it? In point of fact, they won't but they WILL be the foundation on which to expand the "regulations" until the ultimate goal of confiscation is sated.
Mag capacity...? Pretty soon all guns will be a single shot.
Hey....wait a minute. Thats not a bad idea with the single shot pistol and rifle because if you miss the first shot....I'll be kicking your fuking ass.
I don't miss, and there is no IF about it. Although I MIGHT have to mold some special silver bullets.
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced sweeping legislation to outlaw trailer parks. While in Maryland, Governor Martin O'Malley has proposed a law limiting trailerparks to 10 occupants.
satire...
Yeah, Cuomo bought out all the trailer parks in NY and relocate the people down South. As for Maryland, O'malley's idea was to make the trailer half size smaller so it can only fit 10 occupants.
Yea... another whacko who should not have a gun of any kind. Gaad bless duh nra morons
Where is Bobby Jindal when we really need him? Isn't he the Deepak Chopra for the Coonasses?
Ban all guns just like England. If you want to go hunting you can rent one @ authorized location. USA is totally out of control with guns and those nuts you think the government is coming to get them should definitely not have guns and have mental exam as soon as possible.
Yep ban guns so criminals will still have them, or they will simply use knives and the people are defenseless. Oh that's right, you have to get a license for a steak knife now in England. Poor England, can't export it's beef and can't eat steaks either.
John....
How about "rent a brain"? Then you might be in a position to counter the effects of that frontal lobotomy you've suffered.
I actually think anyone that thinks it's a good idea to trample on Constitutional Rights is much more dangerous than even a thousand gangbanger scumbags trying to get into my house. At least with the gangbangers you know they're not there to wish you well or help you.
Because we all want to be just like England.
Violent crime rates (Rape, robbery, assaults, murder):
UK: 2.034 per 100K population
US: 466 per 100K population
Canada: 935 per 100K population
Source: Daily mail, 7/2/09
Only stupid, ignorant, uninformed morons want to 'be like England'. It's a dangerous place to live, full of crime and criminals. And, the major cities are chuck full of ILLEGAL ALIENS.
No thanks, I'll keep my guns to defend myself against your wacko liberal society. For the record, I've never so much as ever seen a 'trailer park' much less reside in one, and I'm a Californian...
I think there should a ban on all guns except for BB guns. So people can only go around and shoot each others eye out.
Wolfscat... you obviously do not think. Go play in your cage now.
But wait, I thought more guns solved everything!! If only the poor, dead cops had guns to protect themselves then they would be alive today because everyone knows if you have guns nothing bad can ever happen when a bad guy attacks. If only those cops had guns to protect themselves......
Maybe the NRA can lobby for Rocket Launchers for everyone. Apparently guns aren't enough protection otherwise no cop would ever get shot. How can I feel safe in my home if I don't have a rocket launcher by my bed when a "bad" guy (re: black guy) shows up??!!! Perhaps we can all get nukes too!! My freedoms are what's infringed. I need the freedom to blow sh!t up.
Wow to you too. So in your preconceived line of racist b.s. gun owners are afraid of Black men? We don't have many Blacks where I live but for your information every single one (three) calls me Brother. Am I cool or what? Or maybe it is because we all look the same and they cannot remember my name? I am losing sleep over it so if you could help me out?
Redman -
I doubt you "thought" anything of the sort. But, you will find statistical data from the FBI/DOJ that strongly correlates an increase in guns and gunownership with reduced violent crime and murder.
The rest of your post is too deluded to require a response.
Louisiana, that is all.
Sadly this and Florida are the states providing the GOP's off-white candidates for 2016. These would be Depaak Chopra and Desi Arnez
Your typical "white male, racist, child-molesting, perverted catholic" is at it again...
Who cares about anything these perverts do in this country...every time they vote or do something, it always comes back to bite'em in the butt...
I wonder why they have more diseases than any other race on this planet...
Wow.
Pimp.....What in the Holy fuking Hell are you babbling about?
You sounded like a typical fuking racist yourself.
At least five people were gunned down Saturday in Chicago, including a 34-year-old man whose mother had already lost her three other children to shootings.
Chicago, ironically a city named for an Indian, has become the don't forget about us benchmark to be mentioned every time there is a mass shooting elsewhere in the U.S.
And why not, Bill. It is the posterchild for "serious" gun control laws.
Does Gun Control work in the America's?
List of countries by intentional homicide rate
Intentional Homicide Statistics 2012
Region Rate Count
Americas, 15.4, 144,595 2nd highest country in the world.
"
But wait. What does "America's" mean? turns out they include North, Central and South America as one. so let us Break it down by regions.
Region Rate Count
North America 3.9, 13,558
Central America 28.5, 44,997
South America 20.0, 79,039
I found it interesting that the Associated Press has broke a story today on does Gun Control work. Brazil was one of the three countries that were included, Brazil as they noted has a ban on all guns.
However they left out the 2012 recent report and showed instead the 2011.
The 2012 shows a 40% increase in the Homicide rate put out yesterday by the Latin America Current Events & News. using the G1 data.
"Murder Rate Rises 40% in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2012
On January 26, 2013, G1 reported that for the first time in twelve years, the homicide rate in São Paulo increased in 2012."
http://
latinamericacurrentevents.com/murder-rate-rises-40-in-sao-paulo-brazil-in-2012/25790/
Today's Associated Press Report:
Around World, Gun Rules, and Results, Vary Wildly
BRAZIL — BEYOND REPAIR?
"So how about a country that actually bans guns?
Since 2003, Brazil has come close to fitting that description. Only police, people in high-risk professions and those who can prove their lives are threatened are eligible to receive gun permits. Anyone caught carrying a weapon without a permit faces up to four years on prison.
http://
bigstory.ap.org/article/around-world-gun-rules-and-results-vary-wildly
Yeah, gun control REALLY works - NOT.
Apparently, the gangs didn't get the message, or maybe they did, and just don't care.
It's because they can't read.
Isn't it already illegal to shoot some one? This may also be a case of arson. Isn't arson illegal as well? In many rural areas it is not all that unusual to see some one walking down the road with a shot gun or rifle. In some states it is still deer hunting season. Also, in some parts of the country, there is a real danger of attack by feral dogs or wild pigs. A stick won't stop a pack of dogs or a 400lb pig. The shooter in this case used a shot gun, not one of those scary looking black rifles. Shouldn't we be more concerned with what is causing people to think killing another human is a good idea, rather than focusing on a particular type of fire arm?
Shhhh...
You're expecting rabid anti-gun fanatics to stop and think. We know that is an impossibility because they are normally programmed automatons incapable of original thought and regurgitate the musings of their master day, after day, after day.........................
Five people shot to death in Chicago on Saturday.
Not news. Guns are already banned there.
Agree, minus the gang bangers and thieves who are out robbing good people gun deaths could be counted on one hand.
Gun grabbers want us to believe that gangs will shrink and the number of thieves will decrease if guns are banned and that the government will protect us.
Reality tells us a different story.
@champagne: The reality is, if they were serious about shutting down gangs, they'd end the war on drugs. The vast majority of gangs and organized crime revolves around the income from the drug trade. If that were to disappear, they'd have to find something else to do.
The thing is, our government is more interested in writing laws that "protect us from ourselves" than they are in writing laws that protect us from other people. That's why it's illegal to have assisted suicide, but a person can sue you if they hurt themselves while robbing your house.
Hmmmm, "assault weapons" are "dangerous" and "no good for personal defense"..... but DHS Director Janet Nepalitano ordered 7000 new "assault rifles" for her agents because they are “suitable for personal defense use in close quarters.”
So, hoplophobes.... which way is it?
radioviceonline dot com/department-of-homeland-security-sport-rifle-ar-15-suitable-for-personal-defense/
Hypocrisy is the only official policy for all government agencies. The only other policy, the unofficial one, is to steal as much money from the taxpayers as they possibly can, and if caught, retire with a fat pension. Nice.
Are YOU a trained DHS agent? Same gun skills, background and training?
Or are you just a clown that can't hit a target with 10 rounds?
I know how I'd bet!
Herron...
Nope.
Better.
Oh.. Ten rounds.... ten hits. All center mass critical.
XD. Sure. And pigs fly!
Yes, I'm sure if they could fly, it would be right through the large ragged hole I leave in the center of the target.
MyMomBreastFeedsMeAt20.
What training (formal) do YOU have? I don't mean going to a shooting range with your metal manhood!
Herron...
Please, please, please..
If you are unable to have civil discourse and must continually resort to the prepubescent name calling, if you are unable to logically and rationally support your position, please go and play in another sand box and leave this one to the adults.
Oh, have you spoken with a mental health professional about your apparent predilection for using sexual references in attempts at supporting your misconceptions? I would certainly suggest it.
XDm: I don't know I'd be particularly good at shooting a "true" assault rifle, as I've got very little experience with automatic fire.
Now, with my "assault weapon" rifle, I can put 20 on target at 200 yards. My range has one of those 12" steel plates out there, and there's something very satisfying making it swing a little higher each hit by timing things.
Matt-3468366
Actually, you would likely have no problem with a true "assault" weapon. Most military, with the exception of the crew manned machine guns, use either semi-auto or three shot burst mode. Staying up and visible to opponents for longer than a 3 shot burst is painting a VERY big target on yourself. Warriors today seldom use the Nam era style of holding the weapon over a protective barrior and pulling the trigger HOPING they hit something. The leadership KNOWS that's notning but a waste of a very valuable resource in a firefight...... ammo, and they have been successful in making sure the professionals in todays military understand that.
Oh.. properly set up, a nice bolt action can "reach out and touch someone" at over 1200 yards. Of course snipers can do appreciably better.... most are on target at over a mile today. Now those guys can shoot.......
I used to use a bolt rifle in the army. Got to where I could keep a 2 inch group at 2000 meters. With my AR-15 I can still keep a 2 inch group at 500 meters. Of course I have to use a scope with my old myopic eyes. Funny , When I was young, I preferred a bolt rifle or the M-14 because of the range and stopping power. Now I like the reduced recoil and easier handling of the AR. Plus the rifle, even in .308 is much lighter to carry. Do I need to have the 20 round factory magazines? No, but they make practice at the range a bit more fun. I can think more about placing my shot and less about how much ammo I have left, or if I have another magazine loaded or will I have to load up another mag before I can get back to what I am at the range to do. That being putting as small a group in the target at as long a range as I can. Just as an aside, I have an old Sharps in 50-120 that will put as many shots on the 1000 meter, 5 inch steel plate as any one wants to shoot. Not too bad for a rifle from 1870.
@old dog: I'm gonna have to call BS on your "2 inch group at 2000 meters." At 200 meters, maybe, but 2000 meters would put you in the list of the longest confirmed sniper shots on record. And last time I check, I don't think they made a gun that can shoot that kind of MOA. At that distance, putting just two shots on paper together is a lot more luck than anything else.
5 inch group with a Sharps? You're making things up, buddy. I think maybe you're adding one too many zeroes.