New Orleans: Officer arrested for obstruction of justice

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By REBECCA SANTANA and KEVIN McGILL

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police have arrested one of their own for obstruction of justice as they investigate last month's shooting death of another police officer.

In a Monday news release, the police accused Wardell Johnson of shoddy police work when he arrested Travis Boys on June 20, in connection with an assault case. Hours later, authorities say, Boys shot and killed a New Orleans police officer.

Authorities say while Boys was being transported to central lockup by Officer Daryle Holloway, he managed to move his cuffed hands from his back to his front, produce a gun, shoot Holloway and then crawl from the back of the police vehicle into the front and escape. He then eluded police for 24 hours before eventually being arrested the next day.

Police have been investigating where Boys got the gun and how he eluded police for so long. During their investigation, they said they uncovered evidence of sloppy police work by Johnson. Johnson and his partner were the ones who initially arrested Boys in the assault case. Johnson's partner has not been arrested.

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1. This is going to be an interesting story. nt

[jwirr]

2. Is this the same case or was there another one that had the shooter handcuffed behing his

back? I think in the other case the shooter was killed. These cases seem almost impossible to me. But then I have never been handcuffed.