MASS SHOOTING- Man Opens Fire In Gun Shop In Louisiana, Kills 3, Injures 2 others

One was a mother and grandmother there to pick up a gun she had ordered for protection.

Another was a firearms enthusiast working one of his two jobs. The third was there for target practice.

All of them were killed inside Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie on Saturday afternoon when an argument over a purported violation of a safety rule devolved into a shootout that sent Veronica Billiot, Herbert “Noah” Fischbach and Joshua Williams to the morgue and two others to the hospital with injuries, officials and loved ones said Sunday.

Details about those who were slain during the bloodshed at the gun shop and indoor shooting range at 6719 Airline Drive emerged a day later, as Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators combed through surveillance video, ballistics evidence and witness statements to reconstruct what happened amid the carnage.

Investigators are scrutinizing a key exchange. Williams, 27, brought a pistol with an extended magazine into the shop and argued with staff when they told him to unload his weapon to comply with a rule prohibiting patrons from having a loaded gun when not in a booth at the target range, multiple law enforcement sources told The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate.

Detectives suspect things escalated so drastically that Williams — who had gone there to use the range, according to relatives — fired a warning round into the ceiling.

The sources said investigators believe Williams then fatally shot Fischbach, 47, the shop clerk. Williams and 59-year-old Billiot — who was there to collect a gun she had ordered ahead of time, according to her family — were then mortally wounded while armed employees and customers in the store began firing.