One police officer was fatally shot and another wounded Friday after a vehicle chase north of New Orleans, authorities said.
Mandeville Police Chief Gerald Sticker confirmed one officer's death and the other's injury from gunfire in his community on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, near U.S. 190 and Louisiana Highway 22. Sticker said at a news conference that the wounded officer, who's being treated at Lakeview Regional Medical Center, is expected to survive.
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One police officer was fatally shot and another wounded Friday after a vehicle chase north of New Orleans, authorities said.
"He leaves a wife who is grieving, children who are grieving," Sticker said. "We have an agency that hasn't lost an officer in over 50 years that is grieving. The whole law enforcement community is grieving. We're a tight-knit community. This is a bad day for Mandeville Police Department."
The suspects' names and the possible charges they face weren't immediately released.
An email to a spokesman for Louisiana State Police Troop L was not immediately returned.
Employees of the McDonald's, located on Lasalle Street near the shooting, sit outside the closed restaurant in Mandeville, La., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. One police officer was fatally shot and another wounded Friday after a vehicle chase north of New Orleans. (David GrunfeldThe Advocate via AP)
A Mandeville police car is covered with a tarp, after two Mandeville police officers were shot after a vehicle chase, one fatally, near the U.S. 190 and Louisiana Highway 22 exit in Mandeville, La., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. The suspects are in custody. (David GrunfeldThe Advocate via AP)
A Mandeville police car is covered with a tarp, after two Mandeville police officers were shot after a vehicle chase, one fatally, near the U.S. 190 and Louisiana Highway 22 exit in Mandeville, La., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Mandeville Police Chief Gerald Sticker says one officer was killed and the other was wounded Friday but expected to survive the shooting in that community on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. (David GrunfeldThe Advocate via AP)
Two Mandeville police officers were shot after a vehicle chase, one fatally, near the U.S. 190 and Louisiana Highway 22 exit in Mandeville, La., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Mandeville Police Chief Gerald Sticker says one officer was killed and the other was wounded Friday but expected to survive the shooting in that community on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. The suspects are in custody. (David GrunfeldThe Advocate via AP)
Sticker said most of the deceased officer's relatives have been notified but they are not yet releasing his name.
Two Mandeville police officers were shot after a vehicle chase, one fatally, near the U.S. 190 and Louisiana Highway 22 exit in Mandeville, La., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. (David GrunfeldThe Advocate via AP)
"He leaves a wife who is grieving, children who are grieving," Sticker said. "We have an agency that hasn't lost an officer in over 50 years that is grieving. The whole law enforcement community is grieving. We're a tight-knit community. This is a bad day for Mandeville Police Department."
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith said two suspects are in custody and that a weapon has been recovered.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the deceased officer and the injured officer," Smith said.
A Mandeville police car is covered with a tarp, after two Mandeville police officers were shot after a vehicle chase, one fatally, near the U.S. 190 and Louisiana Highway 22 exit in Mandeville, La., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Two suspects are in custody. (David GrunfeldThe Advocate via AP)
The suspects' names and the possible charges they face weren't immediately released.
"At this time we believe, but have yet to confirm, that no others are involved in this," Sticker said. "We're working to confirm that."
Gov. John Bel Edwards said the officers were shot after a routine traffic stop turned into a vehicle pursuit. Sticker said Louisiana State Police are in charge of the investigation and would field questions regarding what led to the shooting.
Mandeville Police Chief Gerald Stricker, addressees the media and public, after one of his officers was killed and the other wounded in a shooting, after attempting a traffic stop in Mandeville, La., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. (David GrunfeldThe Advocate via AP)
An email to a spokesman for Louisiana State Police Troop L was not immediately returned.
St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister said, "When something happens like this, we are all heartbroken," she said. "But we will come together to support the officers who put their lives on the lines to protect us."
The McDonald's located on Lasalle Street in Mandeville, La., is about 100 yards from the shooting, is closed and guarded by a police officer Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Two police officers have been shot in Louisiana, one fatally, after a vehicle chase north of New Orleans. The suspects are in custody. (David GrunfeldThe Advocate via AP)
Employees of the McDonald's, located on Lasalle Street near the shooting, sit outside the closed restaurant in Mandeville, La., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. One police officer was fatally shot and another wounded Friday after a vehicle chase north of New Orleans. (David GrunfeldThe Advocate via AP)
A Mandeville police car is covered with a tarp, after two Mandeville police officers were shot after a vehicle chase, one fatally, near the U.S. 190 and Louisiana Highway 22 exit in Mandeville, La., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. The suspects are in custody. (David GrunfeldThe Advocate via AP)
A Mandeville police car is covered with a tarp, after two Mandeville police officers were shot after a vehicle chase, one fatally, near the U.S. 190 and Louisiana Highway 22 exit in Mandeville, La., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Mandeville Police Chief Gerald Sticker says one officer was killed and the other was wounded Friday but expected to survive the shooting in that community on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. (David GrunfeldThe Advocate via AP)
Two Mandeville police officers were shot after a vehicle chase, one fatally, near the U.S. 190 and Louisiana Highway 22 exit in Mandeville, La., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Mandeville Police Chief Gerald Sticker says one officer was killed and the other was wounded Friday but expected to survive the shooting in that community on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. The suspects are in custody. (David GrunfeldThe Advocate via AP)
SHANGHAI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised what the U.S. describes as unfair Chinese trade practices during his first full day of meetings in China on Thursday with local government officials in the financial hub of Shanghai.
Blinken met with the city's top official, Communist Party Secretary Chen Jining, and “raised concerns about (Chinese) trade policies and non-market economic practices," the State Department said in a statement.
It said he stressed that the United States seeks healthy economic competition with China and "a level playing field for U.S. workers and firms operating in China.”
“The two sides reaffirmed the importance of ties between the people of the United States and (China), including the expansion of exchanges between students, scholars, and business,” it said.
China's multibillion-dollar trade surplus with the U.S. along with accusations of intellectual property theft and other practices seen as discriminating against U.S. businesses in China have long been a source of friction in relations.
China, for its part, has objected strongly to U.S. accusations of human rights abuses and Washington's support for Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing considers its own territory and warns could be annexed by force.
Blinken also spoke with students and business leaders before flying to Beijing for what are expected to be contentious talks with national officials, including Foreign Minister Wang Yi and possibly President Xi Jinping.
Blinken arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday shortly before U.S. President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion foreign aid package that has several elements likely to anger Beijing, including $8 billion to counter China’s growing aggressiveness toward Taiwan and in the South China Sea. It also seeks to force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform.
China has railed against U.S. assistance to Taiwan and immediately condemned the aid as a dangerous provocation. It also strongly opposes efforts to force TikTok’s sale.
Still, the fact that Blinken made the trip — shortly after a conversation between Biden and Xi, a visit to China by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and a call between the U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs — is a sign the two sides are at least willing to discuss their differences.
“I think it’s important to underscore the value — in fact, the necessity — of direct engagement, of speaking to each other, laying out our differences, which are real, seeking to work through them,” Blinken told Chen.
“We have an obligation for our people, indeed an obligation to the world, to manage the relationship between our two countries responsibly,” he said. “That is the obligation we have, and one that we take very seriously.”
Chen agreed with that sentiment and said the recent Biden-Xi call had helped the “stable and healthy development of our two countries’ relationship.”
“Whether we choose cooperation or confrontation affects the well-being of both peoples, both countries, and the future of humanity,” he said.
Chen added that he hoped Blinken was able to get a “deep impression and understanding” of Shanghai, a city of skyscrapers, ports and more than 25 million people that is a magnet for commercially ambitious young people from China and abroad.
Most recently, the U.S. has raised concerns that potential overcapacity in Chinese industries — such as electric vehicles, steel and solar panels — might crowd out U.S. and other foreign manufacturers.
Shortly after arriving, Blinken attended a Chinese basketball playoff game between the local Shanghai Sharks and the Zhejiang Golden Bulls, with the home team losing in the last seconds in a 121-120 nailbiter.
With the U.S. presidential race heating up, it’s unclear what ramifications a victory for either Biden or former President Donald Trump might have for relations. But Trump could deepen a trade war he started during his first term. His tough rhetoric on China and isolationist approach to foreign policy could ramp up uncertainties.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, with NYU Shanghai Vice Chancellor Jeffrey Lehman, back right, talks to students at NYU Shanghai, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to students at NYU Shanghai, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second left, U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, third left, and Scott Walker, left, Consul General at the U.S Consulate General in Shanghai, visit a waterfront area called The Bund, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, talks with U.S. tourists as he walks in a waterfront area called The Bund, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks with U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, center, with U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai Scott Walker, left, while attending a basketball game between the Shanghai Sharks and the Zhejiang Golden Bulls at the Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks with U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, center, with U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai Scott Walker, right, while attending a basketball game between the Shanghai Sharks and the Zhejiang Golden Bulls at the Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second left, and U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, far right, arrive at the Grand Halls to meet with Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hans with Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining as they meet at the Grand Halls, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining at the Grand Halls, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Grand Halls, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks with Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining at the Grand Halls, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, talks with Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining at the Grand Halls, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, watches U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, left, shake hands with Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining at the Grand Halls, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
