Efforts made all day on Tuesday to reach the commandant and captain of the Gendarmerie proved futile. Prosecutor Jacques Louvier also could not be reached by phone on Tuesday.
In an unrelated incident the gendarmes and Pompier responded to French Quarter to deal with a young man who went berserk. SMN News learnt that the young man was in possession of a firearm and wanted to shoot someone who must have annoyed him. SMN News further learnt that the gun accidentally fell down and shot the man in his shoulder. He was transported to the Louis Constant Fleming Hospital for treatment. Details of the incident are still sketchy.
Gendarmes were also busy on Tuesday conducting a searching a home for the gun that Orlando Isaac used to shoot a Jamaican national on August 14th 2010. SMN News learnt that the home of one of Isaac's aunts was searched for the missing weapon.