18-03-2016, 10:37 PM
MORE SHOOTERS
In many of the manipulated mass shooting incidents, reports of more gunmen are supplied by civilian witnesses. The New Orleans shooting is different, in that most of the references to more shooters instead came from the police themselves.
The following references to additional shooters comes from the book
A Terrible Thunder, The Story of the New Orleans Sniper, by Peter Hernon (c. 1978)
pg130
Unknown cop: "There must be two of the bastards. That guy was in green, I thought the first one was dressed in black."
pg131
"Giarusso.. was already getting conflicting reports on how many gunmen were loose in the building, with some of his men insisting that they had seen two blacks--one tall, the other short--shooting simultaneously from different balconies."
pg183
(NOPD) Captain Randall: "We're assuming there's two up there. At least we can hear different-caliber weapons."
pg183
"Giarusso also received a report from patrolman John Fields, a sharpshooter on the roof of City Hall ... Fields said he had seen two blacks at the entrance to the cubicle(on the roof)... Other reporters also reported there were two men on the rooftop..."
pg199
LtCol. Chuck Pitman, USMC, pilot of the helicopter circling the roof: "We always thought there were at least three snipers, and that they had automatic weapons."
pg206
"Detective Dan Dunn and Lieutenant Richard Hunter... were exchanging theories of their own. It seemed likely that the attack had been set up months in advance, probably by four or five persons, possibly by militants from out-of-state."
pg207
"When the helicopter pulled off, the Rault Center(a neighboring high rise) reported that "two, possibly three persons" were still shooting on the roof."
pg209
NOPD Lieutenant Schnapp: "From our position we can sure hear two voices..."
pg211
" "We can hear people talking up on the roof," Lieutenant Hunter said, calling from the Gravier(Street) stairwell."
"You think this person is talking to himself? That he may be irrational?"
"Negative. It appears to be two people. ...earlier we did hear two distinct voices shouting. One right by us and another farther away."
Lieutenant Schnapp radioed from the Perdido(Street) stairwell. "..when the firing started, it sounded like there were two calibers, one heavy, the other light."
"Same with us," Hunter said. "We heard two different calibers." "
References to more shooters after about 9:30pm, when lone gunman Mark Essex was killed by police snipers:
pg217
"As the helicopter departed, Captain Curtis Gaudet reported from the eighteenth floor that someone was "still shouting up there."
"We heard him too," another cops said. "There may be one more left in the cubicle." ...
"Chief, I definitely see his muzzle fire coming from that cubicle on the river side," reported Car 406." ...
"Tell those people in the BNO to take cover. He's shooting through the hole right at them." The report was from a Jefferson Parish deputy in the Demontluzin Building."
pg218
"It really sounds like there's two of them left up on that roof," said Captain Gaudet. "We can hear them talking to each other."
pg221
LtCol. Chuck Pitman, USMC, pilot of the helicopter circling the roof:
"..we thought we still had a whole herd of people up there. ... there was still gunfire going on and bullet whizzing overhead while they refeuled the helicopter(at the nearby Naval Air Station)... people were still shooting at one another."
pg230
"Shortly before two o'clock in the morning, Giarusso was deluged with reports that a sniper had crawled out on a 'ledge' on the roof of the hotel and was firing across Loyola Avenue. Five men on top of the Bank of New Orleans said they could see someone in a white t-shirt, "lying on the corner of the roof not far from the Perdido stairwell. There were multiple sightings, and police in both stairwells reported hearing the clatter of an automatic carbine."
pg234
"It was now almost two-thirty(Monday morning, the 8th of January). ...spotters continued to report that gunfire was coming from the Gravier Street cubicle(located on the roof)..."
pg236
2:45am: "..reports of gunfire broke out anew. Men in the stairwells heard shouted obscenities, and from the tops of buildings, spotters with binoculars saw shadowed movement."
pg239
5am: Reporter on the scene: "The helicopter is right over the building now. It's very low, right in front of those cubicles. You can see the light playing on the walls. Wait! They're firing! Apparently they saw him. They're really pouring it in."
pg250
2pm, Monday afternoon:
The last room that had not been searched was the boiler room on the roof. Police formed a semi-circle in front of the louvered doors and opened fire. Nine police are injured, blamed on bullets ricocheting off the metal door.
pg256
After the suspect had been publicly identified:
"Several guests insisted the sniper they had seen was taller than Essex and had a goatee. Essex, they pointed out, was clean-shaven. They also said the gunman used a bolt-action rifle, probably a thirty-ought six, and not a semi-automatic carbine."
pg257
"New Orleans fire chief Louis San Salvador was quoted as saying that it was virtually impossible for one man to have set the fires himself. "There is at least one more and he walked away from it," San Salvador told a reporter."
pg257
Chief Giarusso at a post-event news conference:
"One would have to assume that if there was no second sniper, the police fired those shots [at the helicopter], and that's possible but not likely." Giarusso also mentioned the thousands of bullet fired at the shadowy figure seen on the rooftop after Essex was dead. "Many, many shots were fired at this ghost while he moved and, furthermore, the men who were there near the roof heard conversation after the first sniper was shot. I can't believe all of those men were hallucinating." " ...
"..there is some evidence someone may have arranged for a room for the dead sniper..."
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In many of the manipulated mass shooting incidents, reports of more gunmen are supplied by civilian witnesses. The New Orleans shooting is different, in that most of the references to more shooters instead came from the police themselves.
The following references to additional shooters comes from the book
A Terrible Thunder, The Story of the New Orleans Sniper, by Peter Hernon (c. 1978)
pg130
Unknown cop: "There must be two of the bastards. That guy was in green, I thought the first one was dressed in black."
pg131
"Giarusso.. was already getting conflicting reports on how many gunmen were loose in the building, with some of his men insisting that they had seen two blacks--one tall, the other short--shooting simultaneously from different balconies."
pg183
(NOPD) Captain Randall: "We're assuming there's two up there. At least we can hear different-caliber weapons."
pg183
"Giarusso also received a report from patrolman John Fields, a sharpshooter on the roof of City Hall ... Fields said he had seen two blacks at the entrance to the cubicle(on the roof)... Other reporters also reported there were two men on the rooftop..."
pg199
LtCol. Chuck Pitman, USMC, pilot of the helicopter circling the roof: "We always thought there were at least three snipers, and that they had automatic weapons."
pg206
"Detective Dan Dunn and Lieutenant Richard Hunter... were exchanging theories of their own. It seemed likely that the attack had been set up months in advance, probably by four or five persons, possibly by militants from out-of-state."
pg207
"When the helicopter pulled off, the Rault Center(a neighboring high rise) reported that "two, possibly three persons" were still shooting on the roof."
pg209
NOPD Lieutenant Schnapp: "From our position we can sure hear two voices..."
pg211
" "We can hear people talking up on the roof," Lieutenant Hunter said, calling from the Gravier(Street) stairwell."
"You think this person is talking to himself? That he may be irrational?"
"Negative. It appears to be two people. ...earlier we did hear two distinct voices shouting. One right by us and another farther away."
Lieutenant Schnapp radioed from the Perdido(Street) stairwell. "..when the firing started, it sounded like there were two calibers, one heavy, the other light."
"Same with us," Hunter said. "We heard two different calibers." "
References to more shooters after about 9:30pm, when lone gunman Mark Essex was killed by police snipers:
pg217
"As the helicopter departed, Captain Curtis Gaudet reported from the eighteenth floor that someone was "still shouting up there."
"We heard him too," another cops said. "There may be one more left in the cubicle." ...
"Chief, I definitely see his muzzle fire coming from that cubicle on the river side," reported Car 406." ...
"Tell those people in the BNO to take cover. He's shooting through the hole right at them." The report was from a Jefferson Parish deputy in the Demontluzin Building."
pg218
"It really sounds like there's two of them left up on that roof," said Captain Gaudet. "We can hear them talking to each other."
pg221
LtCol. Chuck Pitman, USMC, pilot of the helicopter circling the roof:
"..we thought we still had a whole herd of people up there. ... there was still gunfire going on and bullet whizzing overhead while they refeuled the helicopter(at the nearby Naval Air Station)... people were still shooting at one another."
pg230
"Shortly before two o'clock in the morning, Giarusso was deluged with reports that a sniper had crawled out on a 'ledge' on the roof of the hotel and was firing across Loyola Avenue. Five men on top of the Bank of New Orleans said they could see someone in a white t-shirt, "lying on the corner of the roof not far from the Perdido stairwell. There were multiple sightings, and police in both stairwells reported hearing the clatter of an automatic carbine."
pg234
"It was now almost two-thirty(Monday morning, the 8th of January). ...spotters continued to report that gunfire was coming from the Gravier Street cubicle(located on the roof)..."
pg236
2:45am: "..reports of gunfire broke out anew. Men in the stairwells heard shouted obscenities, and from the tops of buildings, spotters with binoculars saw shadowed movement."
pg239
5am: Reporter on the scene: "The helicopter is right over the building now. It's very low, right in front of those cubicles. You can see the light playing on the walls. Wait! They're firing! Apparently they saw him. They're really pouring it in."
pg250
2pm, Monday afternoon:
The last room that had not been searched was the boiler room on the roof. Police formed a semi-circle in front of the louvered doors and opened fire. Nine police are injured, blamed on bullets ricocheting off the metal door.
pg256
After the suspect had been publicly identified:
"Several guests insisted the sniper they had seen was taller than Essex and had a goatee. Essex, they pointed out, was clean-shaven. They also said the gunman used a bolt-action rifle, probably a thirty-ought six, and not a semi-automatic carbine."
pg257
"New Orleans fire chief Louis San Salvador was quoted as saying that it was virtually impossible for one man to have set the fires himself. "There is at least one more and he walked away from it," San Salvador told a reporter."
pg257
Chief Giarusso at a post-event news conference:
"One would have to assume that if there was no second sniper, the police fired those shots [at the helicopter], and that's possible but not likely." Giarusso also mentioned the thousands of bullet fired at the shadowy figure seen on the rooftop after Essex was dead. "Many, many shots were fired at this ghost while he moved and, furthermore, the men who were there near the roof heard conversation after the first sniper was shot. I can't believe all of those men were hallucinating." " ...
"..there is some evidence someone may have arranged for a room for the dead sniper..."
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