A New Orleans police officer was shot and killed early Friday, ambushed whereas getting out of a patrol automotive on the town’s east aspect, police stated.
The accused shooter was additionally shot when officers returned hearth, Police Superintendent Michael Harrison advised reporters at an early morning information convention.
At the least one — probably two — officers returned hearth “and our officer collapsed proper there on the scene,” Harrison stated.
“They have been on routine patrol,” he stated. “They noticed one thing that aroused their suspicion. They have been exiting the car and upon exiting the car what we've got discovered is that this perpetrator fired at our officer, hanging our officer.”
The suspect surrendered to a SWAT staff after hiding inside an house for a time, Harrison stated. The accused gunman was taken to a hospital, the place he was being handled Friday morning, he stated.
“We've misplaced one among our brothers. NOPD grieves this morning,” the New Orleans Police Division stated in a pre-dawn tweet.
“We're all grieving,” Harrison advised reporters. “Our division is grieving, our metropolis is grieving and this household is grieving so we ask the town to wish for us and maintain us in our ideas and prayers.”
Police didn’t instantly determine the officer or the suspected gunman.
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