Police offering up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of two men in the shooting of garda Brian Hanrahan have released photofits of the two suspects.

US police are seeking two men, seen in surveillance footage, in relation to the shooting of an off-duty garda in New Orleans.

Tributes and well-wishes poured in yesterday for a garda who was shot and seriously injured during an armed robbery in the United States.

Russell Brand has been arrested for criminal damage after police in the US issued a warrant for him.

Five current or former New Orleans police officers were charged over the fatal shooting and burning of a man during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.