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<h6 id="ra-headline"><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>A group of four New Orleans cops on routine patrol early Friday, &#8220;saw something that aroused their suspicion&#8221; and exited their car to investigate</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>The suspect opened fire, striking officer Marcus McNeil, multiple times while fleeing</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>29-year-old McNeil, a three-year veteran of the force was died in hospital after he was shot by the gunman </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>The shooter was identified as Darren Bridges, a convicted felon who was out on parole after being sentenced to six and a half years in prison in 2012 for attempted possession of a firearm by a felon. </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>The 30-year-old suspect, who was also injured in the exchange of gunfire with cops is in cu</strong>stody</span></h6>
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<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-271167" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/marcus-mcneil-2.png" alt="Marcus McNeil 2.png" width="577" height="826" /><br />
New Orleans police officer Marcus McNeil was fatally shot by the gunman Friday morning</strong></h6>
<p>A New Orleans officer was shot and killed after a gunman fired on a group of police.<br />
The city&#8217;s Mayor Mitch Landrieu confirmed the death on Twitter early Friday morning, saying that the unidentified officer was killed overnight.<br />
New Orleans Police Department identified the officer killed in an early morning shooting as 29-year-old Marcus McNeil, a three-year veteran of the force.<br />
The shooter was identified as Darren Bridges, 30, a convicted felon who was out on parole after being sentenced to six and a half years in prison in 2012 for attempted possession of a firearm by a felon.<br />
Bridges had previous battery and marijuana convictions, all in New Orleans.<br />
The shooting happened a little after midnight near Tara Lane and Lake Forest Boulevard in New Orleans East.<br />
&#8220;This hurts,&#8221; Superintendent Michael Harrison later said outside of University Medical Center, where McNeil died. &#8220;I can&#8217;t begin to tell you how much this hurts.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;These are the worst kind of days for the city,&#8221; he told reporters during a press conference. &#8220;We want to keep the family in our thoughts and prayers. There were a lot of officers who knew this officer very well. The entire department is in trauma.&#8221;</p>
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<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-271147" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/new-orleans-police-activity-after-officer-marcus-mcneil-was-shot.png" alt="New Orleans police activity after officer Marcus McNeil was shot" width="664" height="378" />New Orleans police investigate the scene after officer McNeil was shot and killed, around 12:15 am on Friday</h6>
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<p>A group of four officers was on routine patrol just after midnight when they &#8220;saw something that aroused their suspicion&#8221; and exited their car to investigate.<br />
The gunman opened fire, striking one officer multiple times, <a href="http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/10/officer_in_danger_call_in_new.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Times-Picayune</a> reported.<br />
&#8220;One possibly two officers returned fire,&#8221; New Orleans Police Department.<br />
Harrison said that one or two of the officers returned fire, striking the suspect several times. The gunman fled into a nearby apartment. Several officers surrounded the apartment.<br />
&#8220;and our officer collapsed right there on the scene,&#8221; Harrison told reporters.<br />
Officers rendered aid to the wounded officer and alerted EMS, who rushed McNeil to UMC where he later died from his gunshot wounds.<br />
The alleged gunman hid in the apartment building until he peacefully surrendered himself to a SWAT team, <a href="http://www.wwltv.com/news/crime/nopd-officer-shot-and-killed-in-no-east/483013695" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WWL</a> reported.<br />
Harrison said there was only one suspect and that it was unclear whether he had a prior record.<br />
Bridges who is under arrest, was taken to University Hospital, where he is still being treated.<br />
&#8220;Just routine patrol. He was doing his job, doing exactly what the citizens expect him to do,&#8221; Harrison said.<br />
Officers are still investigating the motive behind the early morning shooting. No one else was injured.<br />
&#8220;This hurts,&#8221; Harrison added, &#8220;I can&#8217;t begin to tell you how much this hurts.&#8221;</p>
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