Sunday, May 24, 2015 12:06:09 PM
Cop in New Orleans found shot to death in cruiser
An officer with the Housing Authorities of New Orleans was fatally shot in his patrol car while working a security detail at the construction site of the Guste Homes public housing complex, according to New Orleans police officials Sunday (May 24). Authorities have not yet identified the male officer, who had been with the HANO department for about two years, HANO Police Chief Robert Anderson said.
"It is truly a sad day for our department," Anderson said. "We've never had an on-duty death in the department's history."
The officer's body was found about 7 a.m. Sunday in his patrol car, which came to a stop at the intersection of Erato and Freret streets, NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison said. He had been working an overtime detail at the construction site, which sits in the shadow of the Guste high rise. Investigators don't yet know when he was killed.
NOPD also can't say whether the officer had been directly targeted. "We don't know what happened, and we don't want to speculate," Harrison said.
The immediate area where the officer was shot isn't populated. "No one lives in that block," Harrison said. But NOPD officers are canvassing the neighborhood to speak with anyone who might have seen or heard something connected to the shooting.
Crime scene technicians combed the street where dozens of green evidence markers scattered the ground. Harrison asked that anyone with information about the shooting contact authorities.
Meanwhile, NOPD made the department's grief counselors and psychologist available to HANO staffers, Harrison said.
Of the officer killed, Anderson said, "He's a young officer who was taken away too soon."
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/05/hano_officer_shot_killed_while.html#incart_river
An officer with the Housing Authorities of New Orleans was fatally shot in his patrol car while working a security detail at the construction site of the Guste Homes public housing complex, according to New Orleans police officials Sunday (May 24). Authorities have not yet identified the male officer, who had been with the HANO department for about two years, HANO Police Chief Robert Anderson said.
"It is truly a sad day for our department," Anderson said. "We've never had an on-duty death in the department's history."
The officer's body was found about 7 a.m. Sunday in his patrol car, which came to a stop at the intersection of Erato and Freret streets, NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison said. He had been working an overtime detail at the construction site, which sits in the shadow of the Guste high rise. Investigators don't yet know when he was killed.
NOPD also can't say whether the officer had been directly targeted. "We don't know what happened, and we don't want to speculate," Harrison said.
The immediate area where the officer was shot isn't populated. "No one lives in that block," Harrison said. But NOPD officers are canvassing the neighborhood to speak with anyone who might have seen or heard something connected to the shooting.
Crime scene technicians combed the street where dozens of green evidence markers scattered the ground. Harrison asked that anyone with information about the shooting contact authorities.
Meanwhile, NOPD made the department's grief counselors and psychologist available to HANO staffers, Harrison said.
Of the officer killed, Anderson said, "He's a young officer who was taken away too soon."
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/05/hano_officer_shot_killed_while.html#incart_river
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