{"id":53514,"date":"2021-02-21T14:12:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T18:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=53514"},"modified":"2021-02-21T14:12:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T18:12:35","slug":"was-the-shooting-in-metarie-set-up-to-stigmatize-gun-shops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=53514","title":{"rendered":"Was the shooting in Metarie set up to stigmatize gun shops?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>2 men, 1 woman killed after shooting at Louisiana gun shop<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By: Bob D&#8217;Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk<\/p>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p><b>METAIRIE, La. \u2014\u00a0<\/b>Three people were killed and at least two people were injured after a shooting at a Louisiana gun shop and range Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/news\/trending\/\"><i><b>&gt;&gt; Read more trending news<\/b><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>The deaths and injuries at the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie were confirmed by Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdsu.com\/article\/jpso-investigating-shooting-involving-multiple-deaths-in-metairie\/35575040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WDSU<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-container-column align-items-center\">\n<p><a class=\"continue_below\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/news\/trending\/police-investigating-multiple-deaths-after-shooting-louisiana-gun-shop\/WXKMGPTV2BE6LA575NM67ZETB4\/#continue_below\">Content Continues Below<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"spaced spaced-top spaced-sm\">\n<div id=\"ad169-sticky\" class=\"flex-container-column \">\n<div class=\"flex-container-row justify-center \">\n<div id=\"ad169\" class=\"arcad ad-300x250\" data-slot=\"RP04\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div id=\"continue_below\" class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>Coroner Gerry Cvitanovich said two men and a woman were killed,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/crime_police\/article_a897bee4-73ca-11eb-bbcb-df381460932f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOLA.com<\/a>\u00a0reported. He did not reveal their names.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>\u201cThis is a developing scene. I will be brief on what I can give you at the time,\u201d Lopinto said at a news conference. \u201cWe had one initial shooter at the scene, who hit two victims inside the location. Both of them have been pronounced deceased here at this location.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>\u201cIt appears several individuals engaged the original suspect, whether inside the location or out here in the parking lot. We have a total of three deceased including the two that were inside. Out here on the scene itself, we have two additional that were hit by gunfire and were transported to University Hospital where I am told they are in stable condition at this point in time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item card-embedded-content\" data-type=\"oembed_response\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<div class=\"element element-oembed oembed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=WFTV&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1363250376804196354&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wftv.com%2Fnews%2Ftrending%2Fpolice-investigating-multiple-deaths-after-shooting-louisiana-gun-shop%2FWXKMGPTV2BE6LA575NM67ZETB4%2F&amp;siteScreenName=WFTV&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1363250376804196354\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>Jefferson Gun Outlet\u2019s website calls the business \u201cthe premier firearms outlet for the Greater New Orleans Area.\u201d It has a 14-lane, 25-yard indoor firing range,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/crime_police\/article_b143eb5a-73c3-11eb-8e00-038ccf3489c1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOLA.com<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdsu.com\/article\/jpso-investigating-shooting-involving-multiple-deaths-in-metairie\/35575040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WDSU<\/a>, a man got into an argument with a clerk, who said he should not have a loaded gun until he entered the range area. Shots were fired after at least two customers at the range became involved, the television station reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item card-embedded-content\" data-type=\"raw_html\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<div class=\"element element-rawhtml \"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ENTCjXww7PM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item \" data-type=\"text\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>Shots were fired at that point, officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item card-border-bottom card-border-bottom-thick card-border-bottom-dark\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"card-content card-article\">\n<p>Dozens of officers converged on the shop at about 3:30 p.m. MT,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/crime_police\/article_b143eb5a-73c3-11eb-8e00-038ccf3489c1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOLA.com\u00a0<\/a>reported.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/news\/trending\/police-investigating-multiple-deaths-after-shooting-louisiana-gun-shop\/WXKMGPTV2BE6LA575NM67ZETB4\/\">https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/news\/trending\/police-investigating-multiple-deaths-after-shooting-louisiana-gun-shop\/WXKMGPTV2BE6LA575NM67ZETB4\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 men, 1 woman killed after shooting at Louisiana gun shop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}