Man wanted for shooting garda threatened to kill before

A man wanted for the attempted murder of a garda in New Orleans has a long arrest record, most recently spending time in prison for beating up a boy and his mother.

Melvin Galle also pleaded guilty to pointing a gun at the woman, believed to be a girlfriend, and her two children, the boy and a girl, and threatening to kill all three.

Mr Galle has been arrested numerous times over the last 15 years, mostly in Georgia, but spent less than two years in prison for the attacks in February and March 2011.