Police kill at least 5 in New Orleans

[TheeBadOne]

Gunmen open fire on contractors; no workers reported killed

NEW ORLEANS - Police 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 carrying guns, 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 were immediately available.

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There's been debate before on "Shooting looters on sight", but his was a response to being fired upon. Seems that roving gangs of armed thugs are getting increasingly bold (and violent). Will the Military start sweeps to "shoot the thugs"?