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&nbsp;Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 4.7kThree are dead and two have been injured after a man walked in to a Louisiana gun shop and started shooting as customers engaged him in gunfire.&nbsp;The suspect was one of the people killed in the shootout with customers and employees, according to a .Cops said that just before 3pm officers were dispatched to the Jefferson Gun Outlet, which sits next to a roller skating rink on the 6900 block of Airline Drive in Metairie.&nbsp;'We had one initial shooter here at the scene who hit two victims inside the location, both of them have been identified as deceased at this location,' said Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto during a brief press conference.'It appears that several individuals ended up engaging that suspect, whether inside or out here in the parking lot.' Cops said that there are a total of three deceased, including the two victims who were inside the gun shop, which has an attached indoor gun range.&nbsp;The man entered the gun outlet with a loaded gun unholstered, sources told .&nbsp;The outlet reported that the suspect got into an argument with a clerk who told him he should not have a loaded gun until he got inside the range.Shots were fired when two customers on the indoor range engaged the man, sources told the outlet. Sources told WESH-TV that the man was shot and fired back at the two customers.&nbsp;Police sources told the outlet that people on the range engaged the shooter to try and keep others safe.A reporter for the New Orleans Advocate seeing two separate 'shields' set up in the parking lot, which are 'typically used to block bodies from view.''Near these shields there is a handgun with an extended magazine on the ground,'&nbsp;Ramon Antonio Vargas .'Josh, this is Momma. I love you,' a woman was seen crying in a folding chair about 15 feet away, according to .Another man was pictured crying out 'Where is my son?' at the scene of the shooting.A customer, who had been upstairs in a concealed-carry class inside the building at the time of the shooting, told the outlet that the shooting started when two adult brothers arrived at the business.The customer questioned why someone would start a shootout inside a gun store.&nbsp;Here at the scene of where JPSO says multiple shootings just took place here at the Jefferson Gun Outlet. At least one dead. We are working to find out details on the situation. Watch at 5P. — Shay O'Connor (@SOCONNORNEWS) JPSO saying multiple people were shot... at least are 3 dead at this point.Officials will soon hold a press conference here outside of the outlet.Stay with for the latest on this investigation. — Shay O'Connor (@SOCONNORNEWS) There’s a spent brass bullet casing next to this orange triangle, about 40 yards away from the front entrance of Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie, a gun store and indoor shooting range. — Ramon Antonio Vargas (@RVargasAdvocate) 'Everybody's strapped in there,' he said, according to Nola.com.One of the brothers was shot dead and the other was taken away in an ambulance, said people who claimed to be related to the victim.'There's a spent brass bullet casing next to this orange triangle, about 40 yards away from the front entrance of Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie,' Vargas .Vargas reported that the store's front door is shattered, and a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office spokesperson warned news media photographers that 'one of the victims' is lying just a few feet from a deputy standing atop glass shards.The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' New Orleans Field Division that it is on the scene.DailyMail.com has reached out to the Jefferson Gun Outlet for additional information.According to its , the&nbsp;Jefferson Gun Outlet is 'the premier firearms outlet for the Greater New Orleans Area' and offers 'FULL AUTO Machine Gun Experiences' at its indoor 25-yard firing range with 14 lanes.&nbsp;Guns and ammunition are sold in the front of the outlet that faces a main thoroughfare through Jefferson Parish. Customers who want to frequent the gun range generally go around to the side entrance of the building. Staff who work there often wear a sidearm.A neighboring Taco Bell had been evacuated.&nbsp;The shootout comes just months after a deadly Christmas Eve shooting left two men dead in Metairie, &nbsp;reported.During that encounter, cops responded to reports of possible gunfire and found the victims dead in a car outside an apartment building, according to the outlet.Four men were shot, killing two of them, in Metaire two weeks before the Christmas Eve incident.Share what you thinkThe comments below have not been moderated.The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.We are no longer accepting comments on this article.Published by Associated Newspapers LtdPart of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday &amp; Metro Media Group&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

&nbsp;Tuesday, Sep 13th 2022| 4.7kThree are dead and two have been injured after a man walked in to a Louisiana gun shop and started shooting as customers engaged him in gunfire.&nbsp;The suspect was one of the people killed in the shootout with customers and employees, according to a .Cops said that just before 3pm officers were dispatched to the Jefferson Gun Outlet, which sits next to a roller skating rink on the 6900 block of Airline Drive in Metairie.&nbsp;'We had one initial shooter here at the scene who hit two victims inside the location, both of them have been identified as...

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