US security staff shot a knife-wielding man three times at New Orleans international airport after he tried to storm a checkpoint, officials say.
They say the man, named as Richard White, 62, attacked an airport security worker with wasp spray before striking another on the arm with a large knife.
Police said he was "unresponsive" after being shot in the leg, chest and face but was taken to a local hospital.
Several bystanders were said to have been treated for minor injuries.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand told reporters it was unclear whether White was at the airport as a traveller. "We're still piecing together witness interviews," he said.
He said White, a taxi driver, had "little or no criminal history". He was alive and in surgery, Sheriff Normand added.
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