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15. Anybody remember 1973 New Orleans Howard Johnsons sniper?

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 07:20 AM

Jul 2012

I don't recall it, but I was listening to the radio yesterday and someone talked about being a survivor from that sniper's rampage. She was 12 at the time. What a horrible memory, and yet even the radio host hadn't heard of it either.

I found this on the Internet...

On Jan. 7, 1973, the high-rise was a Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge, the climactic scene of a sniper’s rampage that left 10 people dead – including five New Orleans police officers and the gunman. Ten other people were wounded. Tens of millions of dollars in property were destroyed. Armed with a .44 caliber, semiautomatic rifle, self-styled black militant Mark J. Essex kept hundreds of police at bay for 10 hours. He set diversionary fires on the upper floors of the hotel and shot responding firefighters and cops.
more...
http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/March-2008/Remember-Howard-Johnsons/

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