Katrina Shooting

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has scheduled a hearing for the case against three former New Orleans police officers convicted of charges stemming from a man's fatal shooting and burning of his body in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has agreed to order a separate trial for one of six current or former New Orleans police officers charged in an alleged plot to cover up deadly shootings of unarmed residents in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to postpone a sentencing hearing for a former New Orleans police lieutenant who pleaded guilty to conspiring to cover up deadly shootings of unarmed civilians in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans police sergeant who admitted lying to the grand jury probing a deadly police shooting after Hurricane Katrina has resigned from the department.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A jury will be allowed to consider whether a former New Orleans police officer committed murder or manslaughter when he fatally shot a man during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.