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SHOT POLICE OFFICER IN SURGERY |
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by NOLA.com Tuesday, August 30, 2005 The New Orleans police officer shot in the head by a looter Tuesday was expected to survive, officials said. The officer, who has not been identified, was in surgery at West Jefferson Medical Center after being shot in the forehead, police said. The officer was shot by a looter after he and another officer confronted a number of looters at a Chevron store at Shirley and Gen. DeGaulle. Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies on the scene arrested four people in connection with the shooting. One of the looters reportedly was shot in the arm by an officer during a shootout. |