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September 30th, 2008
Posted: 01:47 PM ET
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) — Federal authorities will conduct an investigation into the shootings of unarmed civilians, allegedly by seven police officers, on a New Orleans bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, officials said Tuesday. In August, a judge dismissed state charges against the seven, six of whom are still police officers. The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the FBI’s New Orleans office issued a statement saying they plan to conduct “an independent and thorough review” of the incident on the Danziger Bridge. The shootings occurred September 4, 2005, just after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast. Two men were killed and four were wounded as they were attempting to evacuate by crossing the Danziger Bridge over the Industrial Canal in eastern New Orleans. |
 
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