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March 23, 2015
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Richard White, the Kenner man accused of the Friday night (March 20) machete attack on a security checkpoint at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, died Saturday at 4:02 p.m., the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office announced.
White, 63, was shot three times by JPSO Lt. Heather Sylve, stopping him as he chased TSA agent Carroll Richel with a machete nearl the Concourse B checkpoint. Sylve was hailed as a hero at Saturday’s news conference by Richel, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
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