New Orleans police officer shot in the head by pedicab passenger in ambush

Two police officers were injured after being shot as they crossed the street in the French Quarter of New Orleans (Gerald Herbert/AP)

A man has been arrested after two New Orleans police officers were shot in the city’s French Quarter in what the police chief described as an “ambush” by a suspect travelling in a pedicab.

The officers were on routine patrol in the popular tourist area when they were ambushed and fired upon by a man traveling as a passenger in a pedicab, Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said at a news conference near the scene. It was unknown how many shots were fired, he said.