Three killed, multiple others injured at Louisiana gun range shooting: report

by · New York Post
Bystanders react at the scene of the fatal shooting at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie, Louisiana.AP Photo/Matthew Hinton
Police respond to the scene of the fatal shooting at Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie, Louisiana.MEGA
Police respond to the scene of the fatal shooting at Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie, Louisiana.MEGA
Police respond to the scene of the fatal shooting at Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie Louisiana.MEGA
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies investigate the fatal shooting at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie, Louisiana.Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies investigate the fatal shooting at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie, Louisiana.Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP

At least three people were killed and multiple others shot at a gun range in a New Orleans suburb, according to reports.

Jefferson Parish authorities were investigating a shooting that caused “multiple deaths” Saturday afternoon in Metairie, 15 minutes west of New Orleans, Fox 8 reported.

The address provided by the Sheriff’s Office is the Jefferson Gun Outlet.

WDSU reporter Travers Mackel tweeted that innocent bystanders had been shot. People at the range engaged the shooter in an attempt to keep others safe, he reported.

Shay O’Connor, a WDSU reporter on the scene, tweeted at least three people were dead.

The investigation was ongoing.

A gun is seen next to the curtains in front of a dead body at the scene of the fatal shooting at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie, Louisiana.AP Photo/Matthew Hinton
The entrance of the Jefferson Gun Outlet following a fatal shooting in Metairie, Louisiana.AP Photo/Matthew Hinton
Bystanders react at the scene of the fatal shooting at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie, Louisiana.AP Photo/Matthew Hinton
Bystanders are comforted by police as the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies investigate the fatal shooting at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie, Louisiana.Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP
A man cries out at the scene of the fatal shooting at Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie, Louisiana.AP Photo/Matthew Hinton