slasher: richard white, 63, died in hospital saturday afternoon, the night after he was gunned down while trying to hack a tsa worker to death  the machete wielding maniac who was gunned down as he tried to hack a tsa worker to death has died in hospital richard white, 63, charged at carol richel at a security checkpoint inside new orleans airport friday evening   but was stopped in his tracks by a female cop he was carrying a sack of six molotov cocktails during the attack, but was not able to detonate them lt heather slyve, of the jefferson parish sheriff's department, shot white in the chest, the thigh and the face as he lunged at richel he was rushed to hospital friday evening and went into surgery, but died of his wounds around 4pm saturday, according to the new orleans times picayune earlier that day richel had hailed lt slyve as her 'hero', saying she would certainly be dead if it weren't for her fatal intervention speaking at a press conference, richel said: 'officer slyve is my hero she saved my life 'the man was within inches of whacking me with the machete and she did save my life, and saved probably a lot of others' when he was shot, white was carrying a bag loaded with six molotov cocktails   mason jars with cloth wicks soaked in gasoline   jefferson parish sheriff newell normand said there was also reportedly a barbeque lighter and a letter opener in his bag, while smoke bombs and tanks of acetelyne (an explosive), freon (an aerosol) and oxygen were discovered in the trunk of white's parked car scroll down for video  saved: tsa employee carol richel, above, was inches from being slash by white she today paid tribute to lt heather slyve, the cop who saved her from the attack at new orleans's louis armstrong international airport  dead: white is pictured above last night being wheeled out of the airport he was in surgery last night but died 4pm saturday of his wounds  gunned down: white is pictured above where he fell, not far from the machete  but despite his stash of weapons, he only managed to spray several people with the insecticide, and swing his machete without hitting anybody before he was shot in the struggle richel herself was hit by one of lt slyve's shots she later explained that she and her colleagues are trained for such situations, saying: 'it was second nature' she explained: 'we want to make sure the passengers are safe, so we tell them 'run, run, you've got to get out of here, run' and with that, we know they're leaving,' according to cnn however, richel said that because tsa officials do not carry guns, she was forced to rely on police to save her life, saying: 'they're the ones there with the weapons to be able to protect us' 'second nature': during the press conference, richel (pictured front) said she and her colleagues had been trained how to react in such a situation, saying: 'it was second nature' she said passenger safety came first  injured: white was in possession of a bag loaded with six molotov cocktails when he launched the attack, sheriff newell normand said above, richel is pictured being transported to an ambulance via stretcher  'senseless act of violence': this statement was posted on the tsa's twitter page on saturday afternoon  after white attacked two security officials and a number of passersby with the wasp spray at the airport's security checkpoint, he drew his machete from the waistband of his pants he then started swinging the weapon, which a male tsa agent managed to block with a piece of luggage as white ran through a metal detector, normand said earlier on saturday seconds later, white began chasing richel, prompting lt slyve to fire three rounds at him, striking him the face, chest and leg white was then rushed to hospital, where he had surgery according to authorities, residue from smoke bombs was  found near white's body at the security checkpoint hurt: an injured man   possibly a passenger who was hurt while fleeing the scene   is pictured at the airport  on guard: police clear out the area around concourse b of louis armstrong international airport on friday evening  emergency response: police poured into the airport  and ushered everybody away from the area where the shooting took place  the sheriff suggested that white has had 'mental health' issues he is a jehovah's witness and has refused 'certain types of medical care,' normand said his family is cooperating with investigators 'fortunately, he didn't seriously injure anybody,' normand said richel, a supervisory security officer for the transportation security administration, was struck in the arm by one of lt slyve's rounds while running from white her wound was quickly deemed non life threatening she was treated in hospital and released hours later earlier reports had wrongly stated that richel was slashed by white's machete photographs from inside louis armstrong international airport friday showed white laying on the floor with a machete close by another showed a woman in a tsa uniform being stretchered away attack: white reportedly began swinging the weapon at the airport's security checkpoint, which a male tsa agent managed to block with a piece of luggag above, officers stand at the entrance to the airport  other images depicted police flooding the area outside the terminal on saturday, bystanders described minutes of panic and chaos at the airport in the new orleans suburb of kenner 'everyone was ducking for cover it's new orleans i knew they (the gunshots) were coming from the security checkpoint area,' said garret laborde, 31, a traveler trying to fly to houston 'i immediately ducked down then we waited' he called the scene 'instant chaos' with 'screaming, lots of females screaming for a short period of time' laborde said he remained down for several minutes, before police began rushing around the airport, telling everyone to get back down evaucation sirens also started going off, he said disruptive: long lines of fliers were seen awaiting word of their departures in the airport's ticketing area on friday evening  protected: officers guard the entrance to concourse a and b at the new orleans international airport on friday  logan tucker, 26, of meridian, mississippi, and phillip green, 33, of houston, both headed to houston for work as deckhands on a tugboat, said they were close to where events unfolded 'i heard the gunshots,' tucker said 'it was pandemonium after that,' green said 'i took cover i didn't want to become part of the story the sheriff's office said friday there was no obvious connection between white and the airport a spokesman said: 'we don't know if he was traveling we're still piecing together witness interviews' on saturday, a statement revealed that white  'had a few minor arrests' to his name at a news conference outside the airport, normand described friday's encounter in detail a deputy walks through concourse b at the airport as the sheriff's department investigates the attack  he said: 'he walked down the tsa pre line, encountered the tsa officer who was checking the boarding passes with the scanning machine to be scanned 'he was challenged at that time by the tsa officer the response was, he pulled a can of wasp spray and sprayed the officer in the face 'he proceeded past that checkpoint and encountered the second tsa officer and a third a third tsa officer almost simultaneously one was a female, one was a male 'he sprayed the male in the face' describing the shooting, he said: 'the law enforcement officer proceeded down the exit line to come around, coming in very close contact to the individual with the machete, and that officer fired three times, hitting the perpetrator once in the left chest, the left facial area and the left thigh, at that point in time scene: the shooting and machete attack took place at louis armstrong international airport on friday night  'there was an innocent bystander who sustained a graze wound to the arm and there were a couple of members of the traveling public, while in the scrambling, while shots were fired, that happened to cut some limbs on some of the furniture there while trying to get away from that particular area'
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