Suspect arrested in police officer’s death

Man allegedly shot officer while being transported to jail.

Travis Boys was still wearing his broken handcuffs when he was seen trying to board a bus Sunday in New Orleans,

— After NEW ORLEANS an intense 24-hour manhunt, New Orleans police Sunday arrested a man believed to have shot and killed a police of(icer while wearing handcuffs as he was being transported to jail.

But questions remain about where the gun he used to kill Of(icer Daryle Holloway, 45, came from and how he hid from a law enforcement search that included canine, SWAT and helicopter teams.

Travis Boys, 33, was still wearing his broken handcuffs when a rookie of(icer and his trainer spotted him trying to board a city bus Sunday morning, said Police Superintendent Michael Harrison.

“To my understanding, he got on the bus after spotting the of(icers. And the of(icers saw that and then he got off the bus and then was apprehended,” Harrison told reporters.

Authorities took Boys to a hospital for treatment of apparent dehydration, Harrison said. Video by WVUE-TV showed Boys strapped on a gurney and being put into an ambulance, his head slumped over.

He will be booked on a charge of (irst-degree murder of a police of(icer, aggravated escape and illegal possession of a (irearm, as well as the aggravated battery charge for which he was originally arrested Friday night, Harrison said.

Harrison said authorities are investigating how Boys got the gun that was used in the shooting. He said the of(icer’s gun was in his holster and not used.

Authorities recovered two weapons in the police vehicle — a .38-caliber revolver that had been used in the initial aggravated battery for which Boys had been arrested and a .40-caliber Smith and Wesson that was used to shoot the of(icer, Harrison said.

Boys was frisked before being transported, Harrison said.

The city was the scene of an intense manhunt Saturday, as rifle-toting police in bullet-proof vests, some with trained canines, searched for Boys, checking backyards and crawl spaces under houses.

Helicopters assisting in the search circled overhead.

At one point, Harrison said, of(icers Saturday spotted Boys in a stolen truck and gave chase. When the vehicle crashed into a house in the St. Roch neighborhood, they pursued him on foot but failed to (ind him, Harrison said.

“We don’t know how he was able to elude us, but we were relentless,” he said, describing Boys as someone who “has become pro(icient at evading law enforcement.”