Police Officer Killed in New Orleans By Man Who Refused to Wear a Face Mask

(ATLANTA, GA) A man in Louisiana was accused of fatally shooting a police officer named Martinus Mitchum. Police said the man got into an altercation as he tried to get into a basketball game with no mask. They said the man, identified as John Shallerhorn, shot Mitchum as he escorted him out of the game.

ISSUESMATTER confirms with police John Shallerhorn, 35, was prohibited from entering the George Washington Carver High School gym Friday evening because he refused to wear a face covering.

Shallerhorn is accused of killing Martinus Mitchum, 38. Several gunshots rang out toward the end of the game between George Washington Carver High School and Warren Easton Charter High School, and Mitchum, a Tulane University officer who was also a reserve deputy constable, was struck in the chest.