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Officer fatally shot outside New Orleans high school game February 26, 2021 at 9:51 pm New Orleans police investigate after the fatal shooting of a police officer at George Washington Carver High School where a basketball game was being played, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in New Orleans. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) An officer working security at a high school basketball game in New Orleans was shot in the chest by a man who was denied entry into the game, police said.
The shots were fired Friday evening near the gymnasium at George Washington Carver High School, Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson told reporters at a news conference.
Gunman shoots and kills a cop who was working security for a high school basketball playoff game in New Orleans
New Orleans police were called to the George Washington Carver High School at around 6.30pm on Friday evening after getting reports of multiple gunshots
A suspect at the scene has been taken into custody but that person s identity has not been released
The officer s identity won t be released until officials can alert their family
2nd City Court Constable Edwin Shorty said that the victim was a deputy in his office
At the time of the shooting, Carver was playing Warren Easton in a playoff game
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of a police officer, who was shot and killed Friday night during a high school basketball game in New Orleans, ABC reports..