Monday, December 30, 2013

Ben Freeman Louisiana Rampage Kills Wife, Ex-Mother-In-Law, Hospital CEO

Ben Freeman Louisiana Rampage Kills Wife, Ex-Mother-In-Law, Hospital CEO

December 26, 2013 Suspect Ben Freeman went on a deadly rampage in four locations in two parishes 45 miles from New Orleans Louisiana, killing 4 including himself. He first killed his wife in the bathtub in his home, then shot Lafourche Parish Councilman Louis Phillip Gouaux and his wife in his home, who were the parents of his ex-wife. Only 20 minutes later, Freeman attacked St. Anne General Hospital CEO Milton Bourgeois and his wife in his home, killing Milton. Freeman had worked in 3 hospitals as a nurse before being fired in 2011 after police were called damaging a room. Authorities saw no clear motive, but saw there were "difficult and complicated divorce/custody issues going on".

It included attacks on officials in two of their homes, attacks on family and extended family, workplace and hospitals which makes it appear to be an extensively scripted attack.

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  • Motive: not known, difficult divorce


.Updates


 "Cops: 4 dead, including suspect's wife and ex-mother-in-law, in Louisiana shootings" 
Suspect Ben Freeman, pictured in this undated photo provided by the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office.
A south Louisiana man attacked his former in-laws, his current wife, and the head of a hospital where he'd worked, killing three before killing himself, authorities said. 
The shootings happened at four locations in two parishes about 45 miles southwest of New Orleans on Thursday. The first report came about 6:40 p.m., when Lafourche Parish Councilman Louis Phillip Gouaux — who was shot in the throat — called 911 from his home in Lockport, The Courier newspaper reported. 

Motive:
    1. Daily Comet ‎- 1 day ago
      Freeman then immediately turned his attention to the home of Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital CEO Milton Bourgeois in Raceland. Freeman ...
  1. Police: La. Shooter Embroiled in Difficult Divorce - ABC News

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    4 days ago - Authorities are still investigating Freeman's possible motives, but "clearly,... Freeman shot Milton Bourgeois at close range, killing him, and shot  ...
    You visited this page on 12/29/13.
  2. Police: Difficult divorce a motive in La. slayings - PoliceOne

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    4 days ago - Authorities are still investigating Freeman's possible motives, but "clearly,... Freeman shot Milton Bourgeois at close range, killing him, and shot  ...

  1. NOLA.com ‎- 1 day ago
    ... police say, Ben Freeman shot him in the chest with a shotgun at close range. ... The night of terror in bayou country ended at about 10:45 p.m., ... The couple's daughter-in-law is also a nurse; Susan Gouaux was her nanny.
  2. Freeman's murderous rampage apparently started, police said, when he strangled and drowned his wife, Denise Taylor Freeman, in a bathtub in their home 12 miles away in Houma. He then drove to the home of his former in-laws, killed his former mother-in-law, Susan "Pixie" Gouaux, and shot her husband, Louis Phillip Gouaux, and their daughter, Andrea Gouaux. Freeman's ex-wife, Jeanne Gouaux, apparently was not at the house.

    The night of terror in bayou country ended at about 10:45 p.m., police said, when Freeman parked his SUV on the shoulder of U.S. 90 late Thursday night, put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger


A retired nurse who worked for years at Ochsner St. Anne, Shirley Torres wondered if the gunman was targeting hospital employees. The couple's daughter-in-law is also a nurse; Susan Gouaux was her nanny.

shootings came on the heels of a deadly fire in nearby Houma, where three children were killed in a mobile home on Christmas morning. The combination of Wednesday's tragic fire and Thursday's violence left the bayou communities of Terrebonne and Lafourche unnerved.
  1. Subject of Lafourche Parish manhunt found dead | Around ...

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    4 days ago - ... search for the Registered Nurse suspected in a reign of terror in two ...Ben Freeman is believed to be a former employee of Thibodaux  ...

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3 days ago - Ben Freemannurse kills wife, former in laws, former boss and shoots self dead. What motivated Freeman to go out and cause havoc?


    1. scallywagandvagabond ‎- 2 days ago
      Ben Freemannurse kills wife, former in laws, former boss and shoots self dead. What motivated Freeman to go out and cause havoc?

  1. Police: 4 dead after La. shootings, 3 injured - Yahoo News

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    2 days ago - (AP) — A nurse embroiled in a custody fight with his ex-wife killed his ...Preliminary evidence shows that Ben Freeman, 38, first killed his wife,  ...
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  3. Louisiana man in custody battle goes on shooting rampage, kills 4 ...

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    3 days ago - Ben Freeman, 38, first attacked his former in-laws with a shotgun in ...Freeman had worked at the hospital as a registered nurse before he was  ...

  4. Police: 4 Dead After La. Shootings, 3 Injured - ABC News

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    2 days ago - nurse embroiled in a custody fight with his ex-wife killed his current ...Preliminary evidence shows that Ben Freeman, 38, first killed his wife,  ...

  5. Police: La. Shooter Embroiled in Difficult Divorce - ABC News

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    2 days ago - Ben Freeman, inset, attacked his former in-laws at their home in ... where Freeman had worked as a registered nurse until two years ago.
    You visited this page on 12/30/13.

  6. Four dead, including gunman, in Louisiana rampage - latimes.com

    www.latimes.com/.../la-na-nn-louisiana-shooting-rampage-2013...

    3 days ago - Freeman had worked at the hospital as a nurse until he was fired in 2011, ... a customer of mine and if he fired Ben Freeman there was a good ...

  7. Lafourche Parish shooter had 'amicable' relationship with Ochsner ...

    www.nola.com/crime/.../lafourche_parish_shooter_had_a.html

    3 days ago - ... struggled Friday to understand how and why a former nursewent on a ... shot at his home by Ben Freeman, a former employee at the hospital.

  8. Four dead, three injured in shooting spree | HoumaToday.com

    www.houmatoday.com/article/20131226/HURBLOG/131229744?...

    4 days ago - Lafourche Parish Sheriff's deputies found Ben Freeman dead of a ... as a registered nurse before being terminated in 2011, according to Webre  ...

  9. Ben Freemannurse kills wife, former... - Google

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    3 days ago - Ben Freeman, a nurse embroiled in a custody fight with his ex wife, went on last night to kill his current wife, before shooting his former in-laws ...

  10. La. shootings: 4 dead after man attacks family members, head of ...

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    3 days ago
    The shooting suspect, Ben Freeman, killed three before he killed himself, ... said he had been a registered nurse before he was fired in 2011.

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