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This is some tragic stuff.

A photographer for the Times-Picayune of New Orleans who has undergone severe personal trauma since Hurricana Katrina hit was arrested Tuesday after trying to get police to shoot him to death. Police said he claimed he was depressed after he found out he didn't have enough insurance money to rebuild his Katrina-damaged home.



They said he was seeking "suicide-by-cop," but police who found him tasered him instead.



Earlier published accounts had revealed that he had recently taken a leave of absence from the paper and was undergoing therapy.