A Louisiana man suspected of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an off-duty police officer shot himself in the chest Friday evening after an hours-long standoff on a New Orleans bridge, authorities said.
(FOX)- Louisiana State Police Spokesman Melissa Matey said Sylvester Holt, 32, was in critical condition at University Medical Center in New Orleans.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said that Holt admitted to shooting and killing Simone Veal, 32, of Marrero, La., and Westwego Officer Michael Louviere, 26, early Friday morning.
Normand said Holt went to Veal’s house after hearing that she had become pregnant by her current boyfriend.
Witnesses said Holt fired at Veal, then chased her car in his vehicle to an intersection where she hit a truck waiting at a light, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s spokesman John Fortunato said. Louviere, whose shift ended at 6 a.m. Friday, was on his way home after work when he spied the crash and stopped to help.
Normand said Holt “executed” Louviere with a single shot to the head as the officer tried to render aid to Veal.
(Photo Credit: AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman/Westwego Police Department via Fox News)