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Police arrest man suspected of killing New Orleans police officer Police arrest man suspected of killing New Orleans police officer
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Police in New Orleans said on Sunday they had arrested a suspect they believe managed to slip into the front seat of a police vehicle while handcuffed and shoot the police officer who was transporting him to jail. New Orleans police superintendent Michael Harrison said on Sunday that a man believed to have shot and killed a police officer was arrested after he was seen getting on to a city bus.
The New Orleans police department, in brief announcements on social media, announced the arrest on Sunday morning of 33-year-old Travis Boys. The arrest followed a 24-hour manhunt for Boys, who escaped from the vehicle after allegedly shooting and killing officer Daryle Holloway. Harrison said 33-year-old Travis Boys had broken handcuffs on his wrist when he was arrested on Sunday morning and taken to a hospital for treatment for apparent dehydration.
Holloway, 45, had been a member of the NOPD since 1992. He was the father of three children. He said Boys would be booked with first-degree murder of a police officer, aggravated escape and illegal possession of a firearm – and the aggravated assault charge on which he originally was arrested.
Boys was under arrest on an aggravated assault charge at the time of the shooting. It was unclear how he allegedly obtained a weapon, worked his handcuffed wrists from behind his back and got through a barrier that separated him from the front seat. Boys was captured after a 24-hour manhunt. At one point during the search, Boys crashed a pickup truck into a house but then managed to flee.
Police superintendent Michael Harrison and Mayor Mitch Landrieu were to hold a press conference later on Sunday to provide further details on the investigation into the killing. Boys escaped from a police vehicle after allegedly shooting and killing officer Daryle Holloway. Holloway, 45, had been a member of the NOPD since 1992. He was the father of three children.
Harrison said he met two of Holloway’s children and Holloway’s former wife at the hospital after he died. It was unclear how Boys allegedly obtained a weapon, worked his handcuffed wrists from behind his back and got through a barrier that separated him from the front seat before shooting Holloway.
“As a new chief, it was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life,” said Harrison, who became chief last year. Police superintendent Harrison said he met two of Holloway’s children and Holloway’s former wife at the hospital after he died.
He said he had known Holloway for 23 years and described him as “a great police officer”. “As a new chief, it was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life,” said Harrison, who became chief last year. He said he had known Holloway for 23 years and described him as “a great police officer”.
Landrieu on Saturday decried the killing as “the lowest of the low” and called on the public to help police with information on Boys’ whereabouts. Mayor Mitch Landrieu on Saturday decried the killing as “the lowest of the low” and called on the public to help police with information on Boys’ whereabouts.
“Killing an officer in the line of duty is an attack on our community that will not stand,” Landrieu said in a statement. “The heart and soul of New Orleans is heavy today as our community mourns one of our city’s finest.”“Killing an officer in the line of duty is an attack on our community that will not stand,” Landrieu said in a statement. “The heart and soul of New Orleans is heavy today as our community mourns one of our city’s finest.”
The last New Orleans police officer killed in the line of duty was Officer Rodney Thomas on 7 July 2013, according to Gamble. More recently, a Housing Authority police officer, James Bennett Jr, 45, was found shot to death in his patrol car.The last New Orleans police officer killed in the line of duty was Officer Rodney Thomas on 7 July 2013, according to Gamble. More recently, a Housing Authority police officer, James Bennett Jr, 45, was found shot to death in his patrol car.