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New Orleans man booked with murder after surrendering in Metairie gas station fatal shooting, JPSO says
The JPSO said 20-year-old Walter Sippio of New Orleans turned himself in for the fatal shooting of Metairie motorist Dwayne Nosacka, 36, during a gas station line dispute on Sept. 3.
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New Orleans man booked with murder after surrendering in Metairie gas station fatal shooting, JPSO says
Published: Sep. 4, 2021 at 10:00 AM PDT
METAIRIE (WVUE) - A 20-year-old New Orleans man was booked with second-degree murder Friday (Sept. 3), after admitting he fatally shot another motorist he cut in front of a Metairie gas station line, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto said.
The arrest of Walter Sippio was announced at a Saturday news conference. As detectives were searching for Sippio’s vehicle Friday night, Lopinto said the suspect surrendered himself and the gun believed used to kill 36-year-old Dwayne Nosacka of Metairie. The fatal shooting was reported just after 4 p.m. at a Chevron fuel station at 2301 Clearview Pkwy.
The JPSO said multiple witnesses saw a white minivan driven by Sippio cut in front of a long line of unhappy customers waiting to fuel vehicles and gas cans at the station.
Lines have been long and tempers short amid a regional fuel shortage caused by Hurricane Ida’s disruption to Louisiana supply lines. After Sippio’s brazen intrusion into the line Friday afternoon, Nosacka stepped out of his vehicle to confront him, Lopinto said. After a heated argument, Sippio returned to his vehicle to retrieve a gun.
“This was a verbal altercation that he decided to take to another level,” Lopinto said.
According to witnesses and other evidence, Sippio pointed his gun and shot Nosacka one time in the chest, then fled the scene. Nosacka was rushed to a hospital, but did not survive his wound.
“Once (Sippio) pointed the gun, the victim put his hands up like to say, ‘What, you’re going to shoot me now?’” Lopinto said. “And that’s what he did.”
Dwayne Nosacka, age 36
Lost to gun violence on September 3, 2021 in Metairie, Louisiana. Click to light a candle, post a photo, or tell the world about Dwayne.
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