Richard White, the 61-year-old taxi driver who was shot by police after attacking TSA agents with a machete on Saturday, has died of his wounds at an area hospital, Reuters reports. Officials said he had a history of mental illness.

A man wielding a machete and wasp spray at the New Orleans international airport was shot by police on Friday, The Times-Picayune reports. The man attacked TSA agents at a security checkpoint before he was shot three times by the on-duty sheriff's deputy.