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Third Person Linked To Cop Shooting In Custody

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New Orleans police say a third person believed to be linked to the weekend shooting of a police officer at Gene's Po-Boy sandwich shop has been taken into custody..

New Orleans police say a third person believed to be linked to the weekend shooting of a police officer at a sandwich shop has been taken into custody.

Police said 26-year-old James Wilson surrendered to Plaquemines Parish authorities on Monday and was transferred to New Orleans custody for questioning.

Two others who police say were suspects in the shooting were found in Gretna hours after the Sunday incident. One of them was dead. The other was suffering from a gunshot wound. He was booked with attempted first-degree murder.

Officer Jonathan Smith was wounded around 1:40 a.m. Sunday during a gunfight outside of Gene's Po-Boy Shop in the Marigny, where he was working a private security detail.

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