Darren Bridges, 30, is expected to have initial hearing in magistrate court Saturday on the booking charges.
Darren Bridges, the 30-year-old New Orleans man authorities say shot and killed NOPD officer Marcus McNeil Friday (Oct. 13), has been booked with first-degree murder of a police officer and other charges stemming from that shooting, according to NOPD’s booking log. It is unclear whether Bridges, who was injured after being shot by officers, is still hospitalized.
Authorities say Bridges shot McNeil, 29, and a three-year veteran of the police force, while officers were investigating a suspicious incident shortly after midnight near Cindy Place and Interstate 10 Service Road in New Orleans East.
Slain New Orleans officer identified as Marcus McNeil, joined force in 2014
Bridges was also booked with possession of a firearm or weapon by a felon, illegal carrying of a weapon with controlled dangerous substance, possession of heroin, possession of crack cocaine and possession of Alprazolam.
Bridges is scheduled for an initial court hearing on those booking charges in magistrate court Saturday (Oct. 14). Typically bond is set for each of the charges once a judge determines whether there is probable cause to detain a suspect.
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