Family creates memorial for mother killed in gun store shootout
Families of gun store shooting victims in disbelief By Amanda Roberts | February 22, 2021 at 8:59 PM CST - Updated February 23 at 6:45 AM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - It only took minutes from the time gunfire erupted at the Jefferson Gun Outlet to when armed store employees killed the gunman in the outside parking lot.
“Those employees did not come to work looking for a fight that day. They were put into a decision-making process that they did not ask for. But they acted calm collectively and protected, a lot of people that day,” said Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto.
Family of woman murdered at Metairie gun range remembers her as âa bright lightâ
Children remember their mother killed in Metairie gun store shootout By Amanda Roberts | February 21, 2021 at 8:43 PM CST - Updated February 23 at 6:51 PM
METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) - A close-knit family since they were kids, Veronica Billiotâs daughter Jessica Andras says she thought her mother was busy buying a new gun for protection at the Jefferson Gun Outlet when her calls went unanswered that fateful day.
âShe just went to pick up a gun; the wrong place at the wrong time. She was a completely innocent person,â said Andras and sibling Brooke Rojas.