Officer injured, driver fatally shot after overdose escalates near Walmart

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A suspect is dead after being shot by an officer who was dragged by a car in the Lower Garden District, according to NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick.

Kirkpatrick says the female officer and a bystander were struck by the suspect’s vehicle.

The incident happened in the Walmart parking lot on Tchoupitoulas…

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