There was a security incident near concourse B of the airport The site has been secured We will release more info as it comes available — New Orleans Airport (@NO_Airport) March 21, 2015

The incident took place at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Friday night.

The suspect sprayed Officials with ‘Wasp Spray.’

WVUE in New Orleans has confirmed that three people have been shot inside the Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La.

A TSA agent fired three shots, one of which grazed a bystander. Two other people received minor injuries fleeing the scene.

According to Fox8, a man identified as Richard White tried to get past a Southwest Airlines security checkpoint and was confronted by a TSA agent.

White then produced a can of wasp spray and sprayed the agent, Normand said. As the man continued to fight, he produced a machete and cut one of the agents. Agents chased him toward a police officer, who then shot White, hitting him in the face and chest.

From the airport’s Facebook page:

There was a security incident in the area near concourse B of the airport terminal

The site has been secured.

We will release further information as it comes available.

There is no connection between the suspect and anyone else at the airport and did not believe he was a traveler, ABC reported.

Photo Cedit: @Becky_SAP/Twitter – ABC

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