Well depending who you want to beleive it was either 2, 4 or 5 that were shot or killed.

www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspecial/05bridge.html

New Orleans Police Kill 4 in Shootout

By MICHAEL LUO
Published: September 5, 2005

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4 - New Orleans police officers yesterday shot and killed four people and wounded two others who had fired at officers escorting a convoy of contractors across a bridge, the authorities said.

The group of 14 contractors from Boh Brothers Construction, one of New Orleans's largest construction companies, was working for the Army Corps of Engineers on levee repairs and drainage, said Robert Boh, the president of the company.

The convoy, which included officials from the Army Corps of Engineers and was being escorted by a group of police officers on an anti-looting detail, was crossing the Danziger Bridge, 10 miles northeast of the French Quarter, when the shots were fired.

W. J. Riley, the assistant superintendent of police in New Orleans, said a gunfight ensued between the police and a group of six men.

"All our officers said the assailants all had guns," Mr. Riley said. Later, he said all the assailants were "neighborhood thugs."

"Five of the subjects were shot," he said. "Two were killed, three were wounded." The sixth gunman was arrested and charged with attempted murder of a police officer, but none of the gunmen were identified.

The superintendent said that as the shooting broke out, two of the men fled across the bridge and were pursued by officers.

"One officer saw one subject go into a building," he said. "Another ran around the building. Shots were fired." Mr. Riley said one of the two was killed and the other was arrested.

None of the contractors were hurt and they were even initially unaware that anyone had been shot, said Mr. Boh, learning of it only later in news reports on the Internet.

Quoted: heres a link MY guess the thugs do not want the city fixed  they will loose their playground www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9208195/

YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, CONGRATS!!!!!!

I saw the head of the FBI in New Orleans say that the majority of the bad guy shit in New Orleans is being caused by.....GANG BANGERS!!

Further, they now have a gang task force down there and have begun identifying gang members and have been "chasing them" into "certain parts" of the city.

Once they are "roundedup" they will be given an opportunity to "surrender" before they go in there and "arrest" them.

They guys the FBI had were carrying "sniper weapons", "machine guns" and "grenade launchers".

I saw the video being played as they talked, I did see FBI types carrrying that equipment plus more.

The FBI guy said they basicly know who is doing what for the most part.

He said most of the gang members did not leave the city.

I think that the New Orleans should be rebuilt upon the charred bones of those gang-banging motherfuckers.

Every time I read about this story I picture SIMPLYDYNAMIC dropping these thugs like the tangos they are.  

I wonder how many of these criminals (shooting up New Orleans) were the ones let out of jail just before the hurricane hit?

Quoted: I saw the head of the FBI in New Orleans say that the majority of the bad guy shit in New Orleans is being caused by.....GANG BANGERS!! Further, they now have a gang task force down there and have begun identifying gang members and have been "chasing them" into "certain parts" of the city. Once they are "roundedup" they will be given an opportunity to "surrender" before they go in there and "arrest" them. They guys the FBI had were carrying "sniper weapons", "machine guns" and "grenade launchers". I saw the video being played as they talked, I did see FBI types carrrying that equipment plus more. The FBI guy said they basicly know who is doing what for the most part. He said most of the gang members did not leave the city. I think that the New Orleans should be rebuilt upon the charred bones of those gang-banging motherfuckers.

Quoted: Someone called in to an NPR talk show this afternoon, claiming that he was one of the contractors in the ambush. He said that he heard several rounds go under his truck, at which point the police escort returned fire. He didn't offer any reason for why they were ambushed.

Will you fucking get off the "reason" for this.  It has been explained thoroughly,  Enough.

Quoted: Quoted: Someone called in to an NPR talk show this afternoon, claiming that he was one of the contractors in the ambush. He said that he heard several rounds go under his truck, at which point the police escort returned fire. He didn't offer any reason for why they were ambushed. Will you fucking get off the "reason" for this.  It has been explained thoroughly,  Enough.

Yeah, because it couldn't be something as simple as just trying to get the trucks........................and being willing to kill to do it.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Someone called in to an NPR talk show this afternoon, claiming that he was one of the contractors in the ambush. He said that he heard several rounds go under his truck, at which point the police escort returned fire. He didn't offer any reason for why they were ambushed. Will you fucking get off the "reason" for this.  It has been explained thoroughly,  Enough. Yeah, because it couldn't be something as simple as just trying to get the trucks........................and being willing to kill to do it.

I think he is trying to insinuate something with this neauseating repetition of "reason", but won't come right out and say it.

Must be the ghetto cell of al-Qaeda shooting some KBR contractors.

Quoted: Quoted: Does it really matter why the contractors were attacked? Yes, it does. As reported, this story doesn't make sense - Why would a group of people want to ambush a convoy under police escort?  How would they have even known who they were ambushing? These contractors couldn't have done anything that would have improved conditions in the city for many weeks, so the theory about thugs not wanting to lose their playground doesn't make sense, either.

It was an illogical act of violence. Reality doesn't have to make sense, fiction does.

I don't get the the complex nature of this never-ending post.  What's so UNBELIEVABLE about the randomness and ignorance behind this attack?  Its seem to be a REASONABLE, clear act of attack - counter-attack.