NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – The search for the suspected killer of a New Orleans Police officer is over.
33-year-old Travis Boys was arrested near the area of Saint Claude Avenue and Renyes Street early Sunday morning.
Boys allegedly shot Officer Daryle Holloway, a 22-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department. The incident occurred at the intersection of North Claiborne Avenue and Elysian Fields Avenue on Saturday.
Holloway had been transporting Boys from NOPD to Orleans Parish Prison after Boys had been arrested for aggravated battery and outstanding warrants. Holloway was not the arresting officer.
According to the initial investigation, Boys shot Officer Holloway from within the vehicle during the transport. After the vehicle crashed, Boys fled the scene.