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A 'bitter day' as manhunt for suspected police officer killer Travis Boys ends
By Andy Grimm, NOLA.com | Times-Picayune
on June 21, 2015 at 12:20 PM, updated June 21, 2015 at 3:05 PM

The manhunt for the escapee police say killed New Orleans Police Officer Daryle Holloway, ended when a rookie officer spotted Travis Boys as he boarded a bus in the Lower 9th Ward, his broken handcuffs still on his wrists.

Police stopped the bus and Boys, 33, sprinted into the neighborhood. A swarm of officers caught him near Reynes Street and St. Claude Avenue Sunday (June 21), NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison said.
Did he think no one would notice? :facepalm: I can't imagine what he was thinking -- just thankful that he did.

Much sympathy and warm thoughts for the children and other loved ones of Officer Holloway.
 
Travis Boys shot New Orleans police officer Daryle Holloway through an access window separating the two men inside a patrol car, leading to a struggle that was recorded by the mortally wounded man's body camera, according to an arrest warrant filed in court.

"While Officer Holloway struggled with Boys over control of the weapon, Boys yelled three times, "Let me go before you kill yourself!" detective Sgt. Kevin Burns Jr. wrote in the warrant application.

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http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/06/nopd_officer_darryl_holloways.html
 
After Holloway's car stopped in the 2200 block of North Claiborne, "Boys was able to crawl through the access window from the rear of the transport vehicle, into the front seat, and then exit the front passenger door, all while handcuffed to the front."

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The warrant application, filed in Criminal District Court, provides no insight as to how Boys got a hold of a pistol in the patrol car, or how he was able to get his handcuffed hands from behind him to his front. Police said Sunday they were still investigating the incident.

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http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/06/nopd_officer_darryl_holloways.html
 
The mourning for Holloway, an eastern New Orleans native and veteran of 22 years on the force, carried on across the city. Residents in the Desire and Florida neighborhoods -- part of Holloway's beat since he joined the force in the early 1990s -- held a vigil for the fallen officer Saturday night.

Holloway was one of a handful of officers in those blocks who seemed to truly like the neighborhood he patrolled, said Patricia Anderson Hill, a community activist who lived in both neighborhoods while Holloway was assigned as a community police officer.

Holloway would gather gift cards and donations to buy presents for neighborhood children, and joshed around with residents like an old friend, Anderson Hill said.

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http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/06/daryle_holloway_new_orleans_po.html
 
NOPD &#8207;@NOPDNews [video=twitter;613511734372864001]https://twitter.com/NOPDNews/status/613511734372864001[/video]
Candles held high as crowd is led in "Amazing Grace". Honoring fallen #NOPD officer Daryle Holloway.
 
Part of the NOPD PIO release:

PIB immediately began an investigation into how Boys was able to shoot Officer Holloway and escape custody. During the course of the investigation, detectives interviewed Officers Johnson and Morgan about their role in the initial arrest of Boys. Based on the PIB interview and review ofreview of footage from both officers&#8217; body worn cameras, detectives learned that Officer Johnson deliberately attempted to leave the .40 caliber casing on the scene of the reported aggravated assault and not process it for evidence. In addition, detectives learned that Officer Johnson recovered a box of unused .40 caliber bullets at the scene and did not process it as evidence in the investigation.

During a PIB interview today, Officer Johnson told detectives he did not remember where he left the box of bullets and wasn&#8217;t able to confirm why he chose not to report the box of bullets as evidence. Shortly after the interview, detectives observed Johnson removing the box of bullets from his vehicle and throwing them out of the window while driving near Morrison and Downman Road. In a follow-up interview today, Officer Johnson admitted to throwing the box of bullets out of his window.

Based on the evidence obtained, PIB arrested Wardell Johnson on one count of Obstruction of Justice, one count of Malfeasance in Office and one count of Theft.

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http://www.shreveporttimes.com/stor...grim-reality-little-hope-cops-death/30053407/

Link to an AP article in Louisiana paper yesterday.

Analysis: Grim reality and a little hope after cop’s death

"After his death, the story of Holloway’s life unfolded in New Orleans media and it provided a stark contrast to the image that often plagues the New Orleans Police Department. In 22 years on the force, Holloway built a reputation of geniality, generosity and devotion to the neighborhood he patrolled, showing genuine concern not only for the people he was tasked with protecting and serving but also for the people he arrested."
 
From October:

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/13763281-93/nopd-officer-pleads-guilty-over

A former New Orleans Police Department officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstruction of justice and malfeasance in office for lying to internal department investigators and tossing a box of bullets into a New Orleans East canal following the June 20 slaying of NOPD Officer Daryle Holloway.

Wardell Johnson faces as much as 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to a pair of obstruction counts and a malfeasance count. Criminal District Court Judge Karen Herman set a Jan. 22 sentencing date for Johnson, who recently resigned from the force...

Police brass do not believe that Johnson was trying to aid Boys, simply covering up bad police work. Personnel records show he had been suspended twice before for botching investigations into domestic violence incidents.
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DA will not seek death penalty for accused cop-killer Travis Boys
District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office announced in court Friday (June 16) that it no longer will seek the death penalty for accused cop-killer Travis Boys.

"We are going forward with this as a non-capital first-degree murder case," prosecutor Inga Petrovich told Criminal District Judge Karen Herman during a morning hearing. With the death penalty off the table, Herman set an Oct. 23 trial date for the defendant accused of fatally shooting NOPD Officer Daryle Holloway during an escape from a police vehicle on June 20, 2015.

Assistant district attorney Christopher Bowman, spokesman for Cannizzaro's office, confirmed the decision. Bowman said the choice was made to expedite justice for the slain officer's family and in acknowledgement of the unlikelihood of a Louisiana execution anytime in the foreseeable future.
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