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A New Orleans man has now been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting Friday at a Metairie gas station.It happened just before 6 p.m. Friday at the Chevron gas station on Clearview Parkway near West Napoleon Avenue.Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said 20-year-old Walter Sippio, of New Orleans, shot and killed Dwayne Nosacka, 30, of Metairie, following an altercation over gasoline.Nosacka was shot once in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.Gasoline is in short supply in much of hurricane-ravaged southeast Louisiana. The sheriff said the argument stemmed from Sippio cutting a line in an attempt to get gasoline.Witnesses tell police that Sippio cut in line with his white minivan, directly in front of Nosacka’s car. A line of cars stretched several blocks, all attempting to get gasoline at the Chevron station.Officials said Nosacka got out of his car and began arguing with Sippio. Sippio then grabbed a gun, shot Nosacka once, then fled the scene in the minivan, officials said.Sippio turned himself in at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Saturday morning, also surrendering his weapon. Sippio is claiming self-defense – something that is not backed up by witness reports, authorities said.He has been charged with second-degree murder and is being held on a $500,000 bond.”This is a senseless killing. No one should be dying over gas,” Lopinto said. “I said yesterday that the suspect should just turn himself in because we wouldn’t rest until we found him, and he did. The JPSO will continue to do everything in our power to keep Jefferson Parish a safe place to live and raise a family, and right now we need everyone to come together and cooler heads to prevail as we attempt to recover from Hurricane Ida.”The sheriff said it was the second time Friday his office received a report of a gun being pulled at a gas station. He said the incidents have likely been occurring because of tempers flaring over gas shortages and the circumstances related to Hurricane Ida.”Unbelievable that people can’t act like adults in this situation,” Lopinto said.The sheriff said people need to be patient because it’s apparent that many gas stations don’t have the resources to meet the demand. He said people should be prepared to wait in long lines and in the heat while the situation improves.”For anybody to bring a gun to a gas station, it’s not needed,” Loptino said. “Nobody needed to lose their life over freaking gas today. And that’s just what it comes down to.”Lopinto said people should be prepared to wait in long lines at gas stations because what would normally take two hours to refill a gas station is now likely taking 20 hours because many refineries are still down.
A New Orleans man has now been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting Friday at a Metairie gas station.
It happened just before 6 p.m. Friday at the Chevron gas station on Clearview Parkway near West Napoleon Avenue.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said 20-year-old Walter Sippio, of New Orleans, shot and killed Dwayne Nosacka, 30, of Metairie, following an altercation over gasoline.
Nosacka was shot once in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gasoline is in short supply in much of hurricane-ravaged southeast Louisiana. The sheriff said the argument stemmed from Sippio cutting a line in an attempt to get gasoline.
Witnesses tell police that Sippio cut in line with his white minivan, directly in front of Nosacka’s car.
A line of cars stretched several blocks, all attempting to get gasoline at the Chevron station.
Officials said Nosacka got out of his car and began arguing with Sippio.
Sippio then grabbed a gun, shot Nosacka once, then fled the scene in the minivan, officials said.
Sippio turned himself in at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Saturday morning, also surrendering his weapon. Sippio is claiming self-defense – something that is not backed up by witness reports, authorities said.
He has been charged with second-degree murder and is being held on a $500,000 bond.
“This is a senseless killing. No one should be dying over gas,” Lopinto said. “I said yesterday that the suspect should just turn himself in because we wouldn’t rest until we found him, and he did. The JPSO will continue to do everything in our power to keep Jefferson Parish a safe place to live and raise a family, and right now we need everyone to come together and cooler heads to prevail as we attempt to recover from Hurricane Ida.”
The sheriff said it was the second time Friday his office received a report of a gun being pulled at a gas station. He said the incidents have likely been occurring because of tempers flaring over gas shortages and the circumstances related to Hurricane Ida.
“Unbelievable that people can’t act like adults in this situation,” Lopinto said.
The sheriff said people need to be patient because it’s apparent that many gas stations don’t have the resources to meet the demand. He said people should be prepared to wait in long lines and in the heat while the situation improves.
“For anybody to bring a gun to a gas station, it’s not needed,” Loptino said. “Nobody needed to lose their life over freaking gas today. And that’s just what it comes down to.”
Lopinto said people should be prepared to wait in long lines at gas stations because what would normally take two hours to refill a gas station is now likely taking 20 hours because many refineries are still down.
