WebEssex drove Albert's stolen vehicle to the Downtown Howard Johnson's Hotel at 330 Loyola Avenue in New Orleans' Central Business District, across the street from City Hall and Orleans Parish Civil District Court. At approximately 10:55 p.m. on New Year's Eve 1972, Essex parked his car and walked along Perdido Street, a block from the NOPD, armed with his Ruger .44-caliber semi-automatic carbine, his .38-caliber revolver, a large supply of ammunition, a gas mask, wire cutters, lighter fluid, matches, and a string of firecrackers all stashed inside a green duffel bag. He hid behind parked cars i…
Six Were Killed in Fire in Same Hotel in 1971 - New York Times
WebNew Orleans: New Orleans police move across the roof of the Downtown Howard Johnson Motel 8/1 searching for a sniper. One sniper was killed on the roof 1/7. Sniper gunfire killed 7 persons and wounded another 20. WebJan 8, 2013 · Forty years ago a lone sniper on a killing spree terrorized downtown New Orleans. The nine-people killed were remembered during a memorial service at the N.O.P.D. headquarters on Monday, the... bx50sj9
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WebJan 8, 2024 · 50 years since New Orleans was terrorized by sniper atop Howard Johnson's downtown hotel. Updated: Jan. 8, 2024 at 9:39 AM ... 11-year-old shot on I … WebNew Orleans police officers fire into a concrete cubicle atop the Howard Johnson hotel in downtown New Orleans, where they believed snipers were hiding, on Jan. 7, 1973. Mark Essex was holed up in the hotel and killed seven people, among them three police officers, before being killed by police sharpshooters from a marine helicopter. WebNew Orleans: New Orleans police move across the roof of the Downtown Howard Johnson Motel 8/1 searching for a sniper. One sniper was killed on the roof 1/7. Sniper gunfire killed 7 persons and wounded another 20. bx3u-8j50