NEW ORLEANS, LA -- Suspect Charged After Gunfire Observed From Apartment Window Members of a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Response Team have arrested and charged a New Orleans man with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
Wesley L. Bailey was arrested Monday by a four-member scout team conducting surveillance in the Algiers section of New Orleans. He is to be arraigned on the charges [18 USC 922(g)(1)] tomorrow in Baton Rouge.
The ATF Special Response Team (SRT), conducting surveillance in an area where citizens complained of nightly shooting, observed gunfire from an apartment window as a rescue helicopter flew over the neighborhood. As the team responded to the location, they witnessed two individuals leave the building and overheard them talking about shooting at the helicopter. When approached, the two ran back into the building.
The SRT then surrounded the building and called on the occupants to come out, which they eventually did. Through an investigative interview, it was determined that Bailey was a convicted felon, and in possession of two firearms, a .22-caliber revolver and a .32-caliber revolver, as well as a box of 9mm ammunition. Federal law prohibits convicted felons from possessing firearms or ammunition.
ATF deployed two of its four SRTs to Louisiana to work with the New Orleans Police Department and the U.S. Attorney's Office to address any gun violence or other violent crime in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The team is a highly trained tactical unit deployed during high-risk enforcement operations.
Contact(s): PIO Patrick Berarducci
614-496-4518 (cell)
PIO Carlos Baixauli
813-426-5222
Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
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Contact: PIO Patrick Berarducci, cell, +1-614-496-4518, or PIO Carlos
Baixauli, +1-813-426-5222, both of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms &
Explosives
Web site: http://www.atf.gov/
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