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)
