Matthew Lathers wanted gunman 3 New Orleans Louisiana police injured by sniper

Three US police officers were injured on Sunday during a shootout with a man suspected of shooting three people last week in New Orleans, Louisiana. The suspect was eventually shot and killed by a sniper, identified as 31-year-old Matthew Lathers, a CNN report quoting an official statement said.

Kenner police spokesman Capt. Michael said the confrontation between police and Lathers began after a report of shots fired Sunday morning outside a home in the nearby town of Kenner, where a 31-year-old man was shot and two people were injured. Was accused of doing. Cunningham.

A Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team took up position outside the house on Sunday afternoon, and Lathers was later shot by a sniper. An Associated Press report said the injured officers were taken to a hospital in Kenner.

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Two people were shot outside the home around 9:45 a.m., spokesman Cunningham said. He said that the victims were sitting in a vehicle. CNN quoted the police officer as saying that the victims were either going to church or coming back from church, and “just happened to stop in front of that residence and that’s when they were shot”.

Detectives arriving at the scene identified the addressee as belonging to a member of the Leathers family, the report said. The attacker allegedly had outstanding warrants for attempted murder and armed robbery, the statement said. The case involved a shooting that occurred Tuesday and left one person in critical condition.

According to CNN, the joint statement said multiple attempts were made to contact and speak with Lathers on Sunday, but all efforts were “unsuccessful.”

Two injured police officers have been released from hospital, while the condition of the other is “stable”.