Surveillance Video: NOPD officers ambushed on Royal Street

An NOPD officer was shot in the face in the French Quarter in what appears to have been an unprompted attack in the middle of a crowded downtown area. A man in a pedicab opened fire on NOPD officers at the intersection of Royal and St. Phillips Friday, shooting one officer in the head. According to NOPD Chief Shaun Ferguson, the wounded officer has a bullet lodged in his skull below his left eye. The second officer has minor lacerations on his arm. According to Ferguson, the officer who was shot is a 4-y
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