New Orleans police officer Martinus Mitchum shot to death by man refusing to wear COVID mask
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
By Ramon Antonio Vargas The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
The man accused of fatally shooting a police officer outside of a high school basketball game Friday night did so after becoming embroiled in an argument with a school staffer enforcing a mask mandate and compliance with other coronavirus restrictions.
Police say John Shallerhorn also robbed a man of his medallion and chain at gunpoint in the George Washington Carver High School parking lot before the altercation that ended with the slaying of Martinus Mitchum.