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The suspect,
identified as 32-year-old Sylvester Holt, had been in a standoff
with police and crisis negotiators for hours on New Orleans'
Crescent City Connection bridge when he shot himself, Louisiana
State Police Trooper Melissa Matey said.
Matey said Holt's condition was not known.
Westwego Police Officer Michael Louviere, 26, was heading home
shortly after 6 a.m. local time on Friday when he stopped to
respond to an apparent accident outside New Orleans. He exited
his marked vehicle to offer aid, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's
Office spokesman Colonel John Fortunato said.
"The suspect comes up from behind and shoots him in the back of
the head," Fortunato said, calling the shooting "a cold-blooded
killing."
Fortunato said Louviere was wearing a police uniform, but did
not appear to be targeted as a law enforcement officer. A woman
was also killed in connection to the crime, authorities said.
(Reporting by Letitia Stein in Tampa, Fla. and Curtis Skinner in
San Francisco; Editing by Tom Brown and Diane Craft)
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