Crime & Justice

Moonlighting Police Officer Killed in Dispute Over Mask in New Orleans

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Officer Martinus Mitchum intervened in an altercation when the suspect was denied entry to a basketball game because he wasn’t wearing a mask.

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The altercation that left a moonlighting cop dead in New Orleans was sparked by a dispute over mask-wearing. WVUE reports that suspect John Shallerhorn got into an altercation with a staff member at a high school basketball game when he tried to enter without a mask on Friday night. Tulane Police Officer Martinus Mitchum, who was working security at the game, was escorting Shallerhorn out when then 35-year-old shot him twice, authorities said. Police say Shallerhorn had robbed someone in the parking lot minutes earlier.

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