10-13-2017, 06:05 PM
New Orleans, LA
RIP Officer Marcus McNeil.
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Officer McNeil was on the force for 4 years and leaves behind a wife and two young children.
29-year-old McNeil and three of his colleagues were on some sort of patrol when they encountered a man who shot at them near the intersection of Tara Lane and Lake Forest Boulevard.
McNeil was struck several times and taken to University Medical Center, where he died. At least one officer shot the suspect, who hid in a nearby apartment before surrendering and being taken to the hospital himself.
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The suspect, 30-year-old Darren Bridges ^, has a lengthy criminal record including serving 6 1⁄2 years for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017..._upda.html
RIP Officer Marcus McNeil.
Officer McNeil was on the force for 4 years and leaves behind a wife and two young children.
29-year-old McNeil and three of his colleagues were on some sort of patrol when they encountered a man who shot at them near the intersection of Tara Lane and Lake Forest Boulevard.
McNeil was struck several times and taken to University Medical Center, where he died. At least one officer shot the suspect, who hid in a nearby apartment before surrendering and being taken to the hospital himself.
The suspect, 30-year-old Darren Bridges ^, has a lengthy criminal record including serving 6 1⁄2 years for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017..._upda.html