Suspect Killed After 3 Police Officers Wounded by Gunfire in Standoff Near New Orleans

Suspect Killed After 3 Police Officers Wounded by Gunfire in Standoff Near New Orleans
First responders work the scene after three Louisiana police officers were shot in a standoff in Kenner, La., on April 28, 2024. Scott Threlkeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP
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KENNER, La.—Three Louisiana police officers were wounded by gunfire Sunday in a standoff with a man who was later killed by a police sharpshooter, authorities and news reports said.

Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said a sniper from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office shot and killed the suspect at a house in Kenner where he had held off police and fired shots at law enforcement authorities after shooting three officers who tried to enter the home, WGNO-TV reported.