A New Orleans police officer who was shot on duty Thursday night has been released from the hospital, authorities said Friday morning (April 12).
“He is now recovering at home,” NOPD tweeted Friday at 9:30 a.m. “Again, we want to thank everyone for your thoughts & prayers.”
UPDATE: We are happy to report our officer who was shot Thursday night at Tulane & Jeff Davis has been released from the hospital. He is now recovering at home. Again, we want to thank everyone for your thoughts & prayers. Sincerely, the women & men of the #NOPD 💙 pic.twitter.com/qjOHjq5YPx
— NOPD (@NOPDNews) April 12, 2019
The officer was shot in the leg after responding to a call around 9:15 p.m. Thursday of a suspicious person at a Shell gas station in the 3300 block of Tulane Avenue in Mid-City. The officer was trying to pat down a man matching the description of the reported suspicious person, and was shot during a subsequent struggle, police said. A bullet lodged in his right calf, NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said.
The police officer has not been identified, but NOPD described him as a three-year veteran on the force and assigned to the NOPD’s 1st District, which includes part of Mid-City.
The man arrested in the shooting was identified by police as 18-year-old Michael Baker. Baker was booked Friday morning on a charge of attempted murder of a police officer, according to court records.
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune reporters Laura McKnight and Diana Samuels contributed to this story.
Carlie Kollath Wells is a morning reporter at NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. Have an early-bird tip? Send it to her: cwells@nola.com or Twitter @carlie_kollath.
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