Louis Armstrong International Airport

Louis Armstrong International Airport

New Orleans airport attacker had explosives; 'mental illness component' being investigated

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said Richard White, 63, carried a bag with six gasoline-filled Molotov cocktails and a barbecue lighter when he assaulted Transportation Security Administration workers at Louis Armstrong International Airport. Authorities also found an acetylene tank, smoke bombs and other supplies in his car, Normand said at a news conference Saturday afternoon. White remains hospitalized after being shot three times by an officer. Police were investigating "A mental illness component" In the attack, Normand said. Ref. USAToday