Gunman on the loose after shooting up left wing newspaper “Liberation” (VIDEO)

by Austin Petersen

PARIS, FRANCE – A suspected lone gunman is on the loose in Paris after shooting up the offices of the newspaper “Liberation”. One photographer’s assistant was shot and is said to be fighting for his life. [contextly_sidebar id=”7fc91f0b1e42b15954470dfa4c224411″]

CCTV images showed the man who fired several blasts before he shouted at a senior editor, “Next time, I will not miss you.” The gunman allegedly hijacked a vehicle and briefly took the motorist hostage shouting: “I’ve escaped from prison, take me to the Champs (Elysées)!”

An hour after the attacks, witnesses described shots being fired outside the headquarters of Societe Generale bank in the La Defense business district. The shooter has fled the scene carrying a pump-action shotgun and is reportedly still at large.

Anastasia Vecrin, a Liberation journalist, described the scene: “I was just arriving for work and I saw a man lying on the ground, holding his stomach and with blood everywhere,” she said.

 


Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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