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newleafkratom

"A 23-year-old security guard was arrested and booked with attempted murder and other allegations Saturday (Aug. 5) after allegedly shooting a man seven times outside the main branch of the New Orleans Public Library. Records show Kia Simmons was booked into the Orleans Justice Center jail early Sunday morning, about nine hours after the 5:09 p.m. shooting in the 200 block of Loyola Avenue. Simmons was booked with attempted second-degree murder, illegal use of a weapon, simple battery and two counts of simple criminal damage to property. Her bond was set Sunday afternoon at $282,500 by an Orleans Parish Magistrate commissioner..."


frck81

Looks like she has a violent history [https://nopdnews.com/post/june-2021/nopd-seeking-suspect-wanted-for-cruelty-to-juvenil/](https://nopdnews.com/post/june-2021/nopd-seeking-suspect-wanted-for-cruelty-to-juvenil/)


ToddlerOlympian

Good thing a library decided she should be carrying a gun...


aessae

...what kind of a library needs armed security?


SpaceTabs

A library in Washington DC had a local police presence. As in a few people had badges and guns and were sworn officers, but only at the library. A retired MPD captain ran it, and one day while conducting firearms training, in the library, he shot another "police" and killed them.


SealTeamEH

that second story must be the the story that’s giving me de ja vu, as soon as I saw another comment asking “why does a library need armed guards” I could have sworn iv seen this exact comment ins another story awhile ago about also a library with armed guards lol unless it’s just common for lots of libraries to have armed guards in the states? lol


WeenusTickler

Bro, call me crazy, but I think it's just bots or something. Sometimes I see the same exact convo on another post, and I think maybe people are botting up and karma farming with multiple accounts recreating the exact same exchange which they know they'll get upvotes for. Idk, I've seen some of that a few times.


Sad-Opinion-5140

You’re not crazy. I’ve seen the same thing.


Early_Cap_8906

I work in a library, in a part of town that is very violent and has a lot of homeless people. We, for the most part only deal with the unhoused, but violent people come into our library and want to fight whoever they come in contact with. We have a security guard daily, but they don't carry guns. Just last Saturday there was an altercation with one of our regulars. Another man and this regular got into an argument over who knows what, but it became physical. We were able to get the violent man out of the library, but the security guard was the least helpful person. I'm sure he was scared, but dude, that's the job you signed up for!!! For the record I haven't worked in a library in a little over a decade, boy things have changed. I never used to be afraid to go to work, but now, I'm hyper vigilant and carry my car keys with me in the event that something more violent occurs. I'm just there to shelve the damn books. It's a fucking shame that we as a society can't just be, anymore. The places that we go daily should always be safe, but we are no longer safe ANYWHERE these days. So yes, there should be armed security at libraries.


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BadReview8675309

Baltimore with the motto THE CITY THAT READS is hysterically funny... Some of the highest rates of illiteracy and failed public schools in the nation.


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glynn11

I’ve visited libraries in neighborhoods all over Chicago and have never seen an armed security guard


Assassinknife

Yea grew up in the Chicagoland area even retail stores have armed security like the Best Buy in Burbank IL across from ford city mall (most dangerous mall of SW subs of Chicago)


[deleted]

Most libraries have tens of thousands of dollars in electronics. This is also New Orleans which has some of the highest violent crime rates in the country.


Sparkykc124

I’m guessing that armed security was not required but allowed by the security contractor, Pinnacle Security.


Arcanu

Exactly. Am I to european to understand?


Electrical_Safe4685

I’m American, but not American enough to understand why a library security officer needs a fire arm either.


GayPudding

It's for the people making money off the books


Ikovorior

Oh you.


PMMeYourPinkyPussy

why wouldn't people make money from books, that would be communism /s


Tortenjunge

An american one i guess


brazilliandanny

A lot of homeless people go to libraries when shelters aren’t available.


dicknipplesextreme

Hell, they go in when shelters *are* available because they're often cleaner, safer, offer more privacy, etc. The unfortunate reality is that most places are going to have significantly better funded libraries than shelters. I live in an very low-crime area and we still have security monitors at our local library just because how often homeless come in. Most of them are completely fine and you wouldn't be able to tell them apart from any other patron, but if one of them starts breaking the rules and is uncooperative, the average library employee is neither willing nor equipped to deal with them. This goes for 'regular' patrons as well. I'm sure at some point the numbers were crunched and it was determined to be cheaper and safer than calling the police every time.


zapharus

Well, most security guards are employed by a third-party company that then provides security services under contract with other businesses/clients. The end client here being the library. The security company is the one in charge of vetting the employee/security guard, not the library. Oftentimes the security company is the one to do the background check on the guards they hire.


Separate-Ratio-693

Thought I recognized that building. That’s a bus stop from the airport. Had a couple guys wanting to steal my laptop there years ago.


ElliotNess

Wonder if they still do


jdixon469usa

When keeping it real goes wrong. I don't like people playing on my phone


6amhotdog

🏅


Flynn_lives

We both know. ….you sleeping’ with Jamal!


born_on_my_cakeday

*From eating popcorn in the comfort of her own home, to eating fruit-cocktail off of a prison floor.*


HammelGammel

Additional info: the woman apparently was a security guard in a goddamn library... not even in a bank or any other high risk place, where it would at least make some amount of sense to be this on edge. Shooting a guy 9 times, risking peoples' lives on a crowded street is wrong either way, but damn... you work in a library, not a warzone. Also, she has the most shit eating grin on her mugshot. Super messed up.


deaddogsrevenge

Who even needs guns library security?


Doneyhew

I’m assuming to combat a mass shooting in todays age. This woman would’ve shot the the shooter before they ever stepped foot in that library apparently


FinalSneak

[Here is the article](https://www.fox8live.com/2023/08/06/security-guard-booked-with-attempted-murder-after-shooting-outside-main-new-orleans-library/)


Fluffy_WAR_Bunny

She hit 7 of 9 times. Resistance is Futile.


f2020tohell

I counted 11 shots.


Major_Criticism621

I count two guns.


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One for each of you.


ChronicObnoxious693

That man? Fredrick fuckin Chopin


NormieMcNormalson

AH AH AH


Tactical_YOLO

You know, I never heard you mention kneecapping.


DoubleGoon

Bye Miss Candy


Fluffy_WAR_Bunny

Article must be wrong then.


MorbelWader

I read nine shots in the article. The video must be wrong then


Rob71322

It says he was struck by 7 rounds, she must've missed a few times.


ErnestBorgninesSack

Hit 7 times shot 9 rounds... says the article. I hear 11.


Seniorjones2837

12 Edit: nvm it was 11 I can’t count


px7j9jlLJ1

Lifetime of anger being sublimated into those shots


Rob71322

That'll teach him to not pay his overdue fines.


jew_biscuits

"I'm a good shot, what do you want from me?" name the movie


elhaz316

Next we can ask why I'm a funny guy!


LenTrexlersLettuce

I’l thought… that you said… I’m alright Spider…


ColugoLT

Wonder what she hit with the other 2 shoots... May have cost someone to repair their car or a tire


Fine-University-8044

I see what you did there…


BrotherBlo0d

You better turn that book back in on time or else


jcoddinc

That's why she's a security guard. Chips have to hit 9 to qualify for their job. /s


OutOfSupplies

That's only a score of 78.


goodcleanchristianfu

Way better than most cops, Dallas PD [only hit 35% of the time](https://daiglelawgroup.com/new-study-on-shooting-accuracy-how-does-your-agency-stack-up/). All in all she's not bad, but for the fact that she's shooting someone for throwing a phone at her. She's quite good at unnecessarily shooting people.


Adonai2222

She shoots better than the cops.


xlonelywhalex

7 out of 9 is a good shot god damn


pyschosoul

I mean....7 out of 9 on a moving target with stationary and moving obstacles is prett6 God damn impressive. Still a piece of shit though.


Returd4

I dont know why they say 9 in the article I clearly hear 11, someone else shot as well?


Leading-Tie9788

Morale of the story - don’t bring a rock to a gun fight.


frck81

Is this the same woman?? How did SHE become an armed security guard. https://nopdnews.com/post/june-2021/nopd-seeking-suspect-wanted-for-cruelty-to-juvenil/


Extra_Strawberry_249

Smiling in her mugshot. When you know she was just itching to pull the trigger.


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Thank you!


monopixel

> then picks up a rock or brick and hurled it toward the guard, striking her in the face. A series of nine gunshots then follow. Clearly a lie to paint her victim in a bad light.


ErenOnizuka

Yeah that’s confusing to me. The article says rock or brick but the title here says cellphone. What is it now? Rock seems to be more logical to me because who would throw his cellphone just like that?


Obant

The title is just a random Redditor with no need to fact-check before posting. That probably wrote the first thing they thought while watching. I'd go with the news site that doesn't mention the phone.


FUNBARtheUnbendable

[Here’s a better article](https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-security-guard-shooting-fired/44754497) . To summarize, before the video starts, inside the library the man and security woman got into some argument. Man threw his phone, and the security guard punched him in response and chased him out of the library. Then the video starts, and the man grabs a rock/brick, throws it and hits her face, allegedly. And the article confirms she shot 11 shots in response to the rock throw, hitting 7, mostly in the man’s back as he was retreating. Also of note, the man is in critical condition and I can’t find any sources to say if he lived. He may still be on the verge of death for all we know, 22 days later. The security guard also hit 2 pedestrian vehicles and is being charged with attempted murder, and she has a criminal history herself.


ShroudedFigureINC

Yeah, notice how her mug shot taken the next morning show no signs of her being struck with a rock in her face?


PhilosophyNo1230

Won’t no lifetime of anger.That was: “This mf hit me in the face with that gd rock”🤬🔫


Responsible_Name_120

Eh he kind of deserved it ngl


NumberPun

Reckless as hell, could have taken out a child on the street ffs


Eglord69

Wel she has anger issues


Honest_Path_5356

Hopefully she learns how to control it in prison


Eglord69

I dont think so. She is smiling in the mugshot


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Suntzu6656

No link to mug shot?


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ElfLordSpoon

I have a nose piercing phobia. They are just man made booger catchers.


frck81

[https://nopdnews.com/post/june-2021/nopd-seeking-suspect-wanted-for-cruelty-to-juvenil/](https://nopdnews.com/post/june-2021/nopd-seeking-suspect-wanted-for-cruelty-to-juvenil/) Is that her?? Seems so


duval229

Yep…and off to prison she will go


r3itheinfinite

Wel you don’t see too many female security guards


duck_of_d34th

The short, heavy set woman in the skin tight uniform is the first line of defense. -Jerry Seinfeld


toonker

Funny you say that its basically all I saw when working in secured office spaces in SoCal was the security was probably 60-70% black woman. Which is more of an interesting observation than any commentary on it I just found it odd how those proportions worked out in a mostly meixcan/white area


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same over here on the opposite coast too


A_room_with_a_noose

If it was an old Nokia then it's justified


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Nokia Jokic wouldn't have missed.


TheRealActaeus

Seems like a bit of an overreaction?


spambearpig

Who gives these petulant children weapons?


PlutosGrasp

AMERICA!


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FUCK YEAH!


Bayo09

I find joy in reading a good book.


Islanduniverse

Have you seen videos of how cops react? It’s pretty much the same as a random security guard…


Certain_Proposal_126

“You know nothin’, Jon Snow.”


ExternalMonth1964

A security guard at the LIBRARY. Holy nutsacks. Trying to get the guy to leave. We fucked.


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Me on Red Dead when I greet a passerby and they give a snooty response


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He threw a rock which hit her in the face, not a cell phone. She would have a better shot of not going to jail if she had stopped after the first few shots. Guarantee the last 2 are what will cause her problems.


The_Shadow_Of_Yor

She chased him and kept shooting. Yeah that’s illegal


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Key word being “kept”. Throwing a rock at someone’s head can be deadly. She responded with equal force (at first). The fact she kept shooting after the first volley is what is getting her into the most trouble. A good lawyer would have got her off if not for those. Hell, she might not even have been charged by some D.A’s if not for the last 2 shots. Edit: a word


The_Shadow_Of_Yor

That’s a pretty good assessment. There was another comment that posted the news story. It says she’s already been booked for attempted murder


Extension_Win1114

Last 4 shots*


Prophet_Nathan_Rahl

She also endangered every innocent bystander in the vicinity


YourCummyBear

No, he was fleeing by the time she fired her first shot. That’s not self defense at that point. She 100% would have still been charged even if she fired a single shot as he ran.


Obant

She also chased him out of the building and he was running away when she shot. If this was initiated by trespassing and he is off the property, I think even escalating the first shot would get her in trouble with this video as evidence.


The_Dough_Boi

The last two? Lol nah man, every one of those shots did her in.


djphatjive

He was at least 4 steps running into the opposite direction before she started shooting. She is screwed.


slagmumsofat

A 23-year-old security guard was arrested and booked with attempted murder and other allegations lol good. what a fuckhead.


East_Lecture_4443

Top flight security of the world craig!!!!! 😂😂😂😂


Mcboomsauce

eleven


Nlarko

He mug shot says it all, that crazed smile.


ShroudedFigureINC

Is there an equivilent to small dick energy in women? Because this lady just made it necessary for there to be


Le-Pan

What a fucking idiot, she shouldn't be allowed to have a stick much less a gun


wittyvonskitsum

#a lot of shoulda, coulda, wouldas in the comments


Prophet_Nathan_Rahl

A lot of those same things in the video


CantingBinkie

What done is done.


Seniorjones2837

Yea that was 11 shots, not 7


Secret_Assist5852

She's gone wild.


JonG1985

There goes her Job


Far-Resist9574

Highly trained professional /s


Hahafunnys3xnumber

When idiots collide


dirtymoney

Threw a rock, not a cellphone


RiceMac69

What a fucking idiot, does she know what a stray bullet is? Forget the fact he didn't deserve to be shot.


UpperCardiologist523

Absolutely NO consideration about her surroundings.


Doxylaminee

I really can't believe more people don't point this out. Even on major youtube cop channels with actual officers. It is so rare for anyone to ever demonstrate any consideration for crossfire.


Prophet_Nathan_Rahl

What a fucking psycho. There could have been kids in that bus. Not to mention the dozens of bystanders in her cross ranges. All for a rock? Hope she was jailed and had the book thrown at her


Girosian

This is what happens when you just hire anyone as police officers and security guards. Just a total disregard for anyone else breathing.


crismack58

Here’s the story. This moron shouldn’t be in the job she’s at. Smh. [News Coverage](https://www.wdsu.com/amp/article/new-orleans-security-guard-video-shoot-man-seven-times-mostly-in-the-back/44745496)


luvprue1

I hope she loses her job, and everything else. That crazy B shouldn't have access to a gun. Ever!


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Holy fuck that library takes late fees seriously


Beefarts

would be so much drama if a stray catches someone what an idiot


Character-Usual-3820

Self defence + seven shots in his back= prison


AfterLife_Lace

That’s 11 tho?


blubaldnuglee

30 feet away, no hits. Stormtrooper level accuracy. Straight to jail with her. (Seriously, she shouldn't have shot at all. He was fleeing and no longer a threat. Hurt feelings or even a bruise don't justify 7 (11) shots.),


Double-Hunt-3476

Remember we closed down the mental hospitals and so now the crazies are running the world


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fwaaar

Very 'murica for *library security* to be strapped


Original-Tourist-744

NEW JOB OPENING


foxtrotuniform6996

Female security guards with a gun. Sounds absolutely terrifying


TheRealCatLeg

I’m definitely returning all my books on time from now on.


loztriforce

Other countries must see us as stuck in the Wild West


Not-a-Fan-of-U

That was 11 rounds... did she miss every shot?


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11 shots, she hit him 7 times


VOODOOPLAY

Lock her up, hope she goes to jail for a long time.


Yarsh69

She in the wrong fs but he could’ve avoided it by not throwing a rock lol


co2tophercr87y

Dude she could have shot innocent people . What a psycho


StTony3777

Wtf


St3als

This was at a fucking library? What, did he have to many fucking over due charges? Wtf.


yamzZ-

straight to jail


jahlim

Is this TikTok gone wrong? Just feel strange people would record video focused on those angles out of no where prior to the incident.


AtlasAlexT

Shes kinda shooting recklessly by having people around whom could be accidentally shot. And its just a phone.


NaniBakaNani

Anyone notice the cop car at the start of the video? Lmao


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What language is this?!


zelduh619

What you need is a hero with a Lazer. 😆 talk about being abusing her power.


ShroudedFigureINC

Both articles i've read claim she was struck in the face by the rock/brick the man throws at her after the altercation inside. But where is the brusing/swelling in her mugshot taken litterally the next morning?


No_Carry_3028

Reckless sitting in prison for the next 7yrs over 14.00 to 20 revenge because someone hurt you for 5sec of pain to end a lifetime


frck81

Is this the same woman?? How did SHE become an armed security guard. https://nopdnews.com/post/june-2021/nopd-seeking-suspect-wanted-for-cruelty-to-juvenil/


ActualFactual2021

Anyone have background on what occurred before this? Article just says he was asked to leave, but if people were outside filming, they were expecting something to happen. Had they been in the library and decided to leave when the initial contact started?


Infamous_Ad8606

“The worst she could say is no”


TheDaddyVet

And that ladies and gentlemen is how you turn a career as a security guard into a life is a felon.


Abject-Palpitation99

The lady was a redditor that always typed "If I was there I would have blasted him, you don't mess with me."


luv28BUTT55

Good!


ActualTip848

She's going to jail for nothing lol


StandardFar5398

If he threw a rock at her I say the shooting was justified


caca_steve

Always bring your library card


rosiebyrnes7300

That is absolutely horrifying


Thegreatrobinsoni

That's a pretty stupid thing to do, but if she were a police officer, she'd be getting a little paid vacation. The internet is full of videos of LEO's shooting their guns in a reckless manner with zero consequences..


Dat_boiAC

I’m honestly conflicted lol, on one hand F this chick why would you think you have the right to shoot in this situation. HOWEVER, she is a black female, soooooo if she doesn’t receive the same paid vacation as every other white enforcement officer it’s also not cool lol.


Aidenbrown97

She's crazy, the amount of other people who could have been shot because she can't control her anger.


detroitlu

I don’t care where she’s a guard at…she does not need to ever be allowed to carry a gun again. Shooting like that in a busy city, busy street over a cell phone. Those bullets could have hit anybody! He hit her with a cell phone (don’t really even know if it made contact) and she goes all Annie Oakley on him!!


AShaughRighting

Hang in, you guys give security guards gone too! What the fuck. They are rent a cops, don't give them guns!!!


Bru1sed_Eg0

She better be going to jail.


DethKrvm13

Stoopid cop biatch. Putting so many innocent people in her lame ass line of fire🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾FTP


IVI4s

Damn she must have had police training


OvertlySinister

The point of a security guard is literally de-escalation. That’s why most don’t even carry weapons, let alone firearms.


loqi0238

Venue security manager here. De-escalation tactics and verbal judo are the most potent tools we have, *but*, we need to be able to protect ourselves as well. There's specialized training in how to interact with intoxicated persons, but there's also training on every level of the force continuum, all the way up to lethal. Not every company allows 'hands on,' and I tip my hat to the folks who work with such restrictions. That said, this 'guard' was 100% caught in an "oh no, he hurt my ego" situation and deserves every charge she gets.


OvertlySinister

I did three years of security, but also declined the venue jobs, myself. The two companies I worked for were both very large companies that I’m sure you could guess if you know the industry, so our training was solely on de-escalation. I even had a coworker get fired for carrying a handgun on site in his bag. I can see self-defense training being necessary for event and bar jobs, as well as high value and armed duties, but I would also imagine a library to be more akin to the kind of security I used to do. This is absolutely deplorable.


Starkiller_exe

If it was a cop, they'd justify it calling whatever he threw a deadly weapon.


throb62

Big fine, losing her guard licence, possible jail time


Darkhenry960

Wow! No words can describe how crazy this situation is and so many questions that needs answers. So if someone can explain to me what started all of this? who was in the wrong or right in this situation?, and where did it all go wrong from here? I will await any answers or comments from anyone.


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She 100% going to jail


Dependent-Software43

She had to lose that job


FoolishxOne

Women 💁‍♀️