A police officer working overtime at a construction site was gunned down while in a New Orleans police car, officials have reported. The name of the officer has not been released. The officer was working for the Housing Authority of New Orleans, a police department that is independent of the city police.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu called the shooting “a vile and cowardly act.”
“Tragedies that involve our men and women in uniform affect our entire city and touch every member of our law enforcement community,” the mayor said.
According to CNN:
The officer, who has not been identified pending notification of his family, was working overtime at a construction site in New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood when he was killed, New Orleans police said in a statement.
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