New Orleans police have arrested a man suspected of being involved in the shooting of an officer early Sunday morning.
Police say 34-year-old Cornelius Barthelemy was found shot once in the torso in a Ford Expedition in Gretna about 8 a.m. yesterday, along with an unidentified dead man.
They say that while Barthelemy was being treated at a hospital, he told police he was involved in the shooting.
He says he was one of three men shown in surveillance video of the shooting of 44-year-old Officer Jonathan Smith around 1:40 a.m. Sunday at a New Orleans restaurant.
Smith was working as a security guard at the restaurant. He fired back, but was wounded in his thigh and lower spine.
Barthelemy has been charged with attempted murder.
Police say they're trying to identify the body and are looking for a third man.