Train Conductor killed in New Orleans

[nola_]

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/06/conductor_killed_on_train_in_n.html

really getting like the Old West

 

[jimdana1942]

And I believe the RR companies do NOT ALLOW any train personnel to carry a weapon with them.

 

[tactical723]

If I am not mistaken, the Fed's will take over this crime investigation shortly, it is a fed crime to injure, rob, or interfere with a train in transport or in a yard, AMTRAK police are FED AGENTS. The Fed heat is coming down soon

 

[dfsutton]

A better link to this story is available here:

http://www.projectnola.com/componen...gineer-of-stopped-train-in-lakeview-shot-dead

Two CMX employees are reportedly shot, one may be deceased. This seems to have occurred while a train was stopped and the location crime lab has been called to is Florida Blvd and Marshall Foch. The perp ran Florida toward City Park. USE CAUTION IN THE AREA. (copy of our !alert sent near midnight).

NOPD Press Release:
Officer Hilal B. Williams
New Orleans Police Department
Public Affairs Division

New Orleans, LA – Members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the apparent shooting death of a 52-year-old male. The offense occurred shortly after 12:30 A.M., in the vicinity of Marshall Foch Street and Florida Boulevard on the Norfolk Southern Railroad.

According to investigators, Third District officers responded to a call of "shots fired", and upon their arrival found the victim lying inside an Intermodal Freight Train suffering from apparent multiple gunshot wounds to the body. Emergency medical technicians were summoned to the scene where the victim was pronounced dead.

A preliminary investigation revealed the train was travelling west and had come to a mandatory stop due to traffic delays on the railroad. As the crew awaited approval to move forward, the perpetrator boarded the train for what appeared to be robbery as a motive and in the process the conductor was killed. Subsequently, the perpetrator disembarked the train and fled in an unknown direction.

Currently, investigators are in the process of gathering evidence and information to identify the person(s) involved in this incident. Homicide Detective Orlando Matthews is in charge of the investigation and can be reached at 658-5300.

Citizens with information that can help solve this crime are asked to call CRIMESTOPPERS at 822-1111, toll-free 1-877-903-STOP(7867). You could receive a cash award of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the responsible person(s). You do not have to give your name nor testify to receive the award.

ProjectNOLA Real Time Log (timestamp off by one hour):
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:43 lmd 4-5 shots fired in area of florida blvd and marshall foch
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:44 lmd compl says b/m ran from train towards City park
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:44 lmd b/m dark colored shirt and blue jeans
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:45 lmd compl advises he jumped from train car running along train tracks headed toward City Park
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:47 lmd Trying to find out if amtrak police called in the call
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:49 Pronola i'm here
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:52 lmd b/m suspect was seen getting down out of the train need to check and see if conductor is all right
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:53 lmd units need to check the train before they can code 4
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:55 lmd start EMS one subj down
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:55 Pronola damn - one down
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:55 lmd Florida and Marshall Foch on track line 1 subj down
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:55 lmd Bad news Pro
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:56 lmd another subj EMS on a 3
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:56 Pronola ems on a 3
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:56 lmd oh no
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:56 Pronola cmx employee out
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:56 lmd One CSX employee out the other on a 3
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:57 Pronola where'd the sucker run??
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:57 lmd It appears The Subj is at large in the lakeview city park area
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:57 lmd The Lakeview resident that called it in said that the b/m ran towards city park
Saturday, 19 June 2010 23:59 lmd K9 unit available
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:01 lmd Hurry EMS
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:01 lmd CSX Supervisor trying to get to location
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:02 Pronola geez
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:02 lmd This is very upsetting
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:04 Pronola was the train stopped??
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:04 lmd Yes
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:05 Pronola but 2 of them down!
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:06 lmd HORRIBLE
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:06 bdubourg I just got back to my screen., what is going on with the train?
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:07 Pronola a b/m apparently attacked two cmx employees on a train stopped at florida blvd & marshall foch in lakeview
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:07 lmd 2 train employees shot while train stopped in Lakeview
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:08 lmd b/m reportedly seen running toward City Park
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:08 Pronola are we sure shot and not just knocked out?
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:09 lmd The first call reported 4-5 shots
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:09 lmd Homicide - - Oh NO
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:09 bdubourg oh, ****.
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:10 Pronola this is NOT good
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:10 Pronola item 28176
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:11 lmd That could be someones dad who went to work today
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:11 Pronola crime lab rolling on a 30
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:11 bdubourg OMG, that is horrible.
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:13 Pronola well, i don't think i'll be sleeping tonight - even if it IS on the other side of the interstate
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:13 lmd Me either Pro this is disturbing
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:14 Pronola darn - coroner going - body remaining on scene
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:14 Pronola alert is out
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:14 lmd Thanks Pro
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:15 BryanLagarde U need me?
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:15 Pronola check my alert - this is very disturbing
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:15 lmd 2 CSX employees shot in Lakeview
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:16 lmd b/m seen running from train toward City Park
Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:37 Pronola "nobody go on the train at this time - let crime lab do their thing first"

 

[hdfinder47]

I think I'd rather be able to protect myself with a gun than die with the knowledge that the Feds are going to investigate my murder. JMO.

 

[rossdout]

This only a couple blocks from where i live. There is always some shady characters around the pumping station where Orleans avenue hits the train tracks by the interstate overpass. They really should increase patrols by this location to prevent stuff like this from happening. Its a shame to see a hardworking man taken out most likely by some low life scum bag for $20. And people think "this kind of stuff doesn't happen in Lakeview."

 

[nola_]

A Mississippi man was shot to death early Sunday aboard a CSX train that had stopped in Lakeview.
The victim, Fred Gibbs, 52, was conductor of the mixed-freight train, which was en route from Atlanta to New Orleans. Gibbs was identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office.
Gibbs was was shot multiple times during what appears to have been an attempted robbery in the train's engine compartment, said Officer Hilal Williams, an NOPD spokeswoman.

 

[CEHollier]

Very Sad.

 

[Storm52]

You have to have some major balls to board an engine, know how to get into the crew cab without being noticed and start shooting. This isn't like walking into a storefront or opening a car door. Perp has to have been breaking into or in and out of a locomotive before.

 

[f350drvr]

This is crazy, thats a few blocks from my house.

 

[Nolacopusmc]

Yep, I am near harrison and canal. not THAT far from me.

 

[XD-GEM]

So are the Feds gonna shut down all railroads nationwide while they investigate this?

 

[FishingBack]

So are the Feds gonna shut down all railroads nationwide while they investigate this?

well-played