Incident
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8-21-2016 Louisiana New Orleans 1-3
Location
August 21, 2016
New Orleans, Louisiana
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
- Name: Trooper
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Name: Bernie Porche
- Age: 37
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Unharmed
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Unharmed
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Wounded/Injured
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- Suicide^
- Officer Involved Incident
- Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
- Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
- Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator suicide at standoff
- Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
- Gun(s) stolen from owner
- Stolen/Illegally owned gun{s} recovered during arrest/warrant
Notes
Shootout, 3 perps, Trooper shot in arm, suspect suicide. Semiautomatic handgun. Officer shot at 1900 block of Hope Street. Perps fire at Allen & Duels Streets.
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Handgun
Sources
- URL: http://www.wwltv.com/news/crime/state-trooper-wounded-one-suspect-dead-in-7th-ward-shooting/303996072
- URL: http://www.ksla.com/story/32810502/witnesses-describe-shootout-that-killed-suspect-wounded-officer
- URL: http://www.wwltv.com/news/crime/police-suspects-in-stolen-vehicle-fired-at-officers-three-different-times/305142204
- URL: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/08/suspects_in_7th_ward_gunfight.html#incart_river_index
District
Congressional District: 2State Senate District: 5
State House District: 93