Posted on 05/23/2006 11:24:41 AM PDT by rightwinggoth
A routine traffic stop ended in a barrage of gunfire Monday afternoon in quiet Algiers Point, leaving a 25-year-old New Orleans police officer critically wounded.
Police arrested Eddie Alan Harrison, 23, of New Orleans, and booked him with attempted first-degree murder. Joshua Hall, 17, of New Orleans, was booked with traffic violations but may be booked with being an accessory to attempted first-degree murder, said New Orleans Police Department spokeswoman Bambi Hall.
The shooting was reported at 3:07 p.m. after two officers stopped a car driven by Joshua Hall in the 600 block of Slidell Avenue at Verret Street, police said. The teen did not have a driver's license and was taken into custody and put in the back of the police cruiser, spokeswoman Bambi Hall said.
Harrison "bolted from the car," prompting an officer to run after him, she said. A fight ensued in front of the Westside Laundromat in the 500 block of Opelousas Avenue, where the officer was shot, Bambi Hall said.
The incident set off a massive manhunt, involving officers from NOPD's SWAT and K-9 units as well as the Gretna Police Department and a Coast Guard helicopter unit. A portion of Algiers Point was put on lockdown as officers scoured the neighborhood and the Mississippi River levee for the suspects.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
Looks like the West Bank in up, running and back to normal after Katrina.
Things are getting back to normal, I see.
Take the time to go over the whole article. It's a very moving read.
What are all these people doing in Algiers?
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