Late one September evening in New Orleans, officers responding to a domestic battery call in the 3200 block of Bienville Street encountered 29-year-old Justin Martin. Martin was first seen crossing the street unarmed, but then emerged from a residence holding a firearm. Police say officers repeatedly ordered him to drop the weapon; he refused and an exchange of gunfire followed in which Martin was shot in the abdomen.

After being wounded Martin dropped the firearm and received immediate aid from an officer who was a trained Emergency Medical Responder. Paramedics transported him to a local hospital where he was listed in stable condition. No officers were reported injured.

Following release from the hospital, Martin was taken into custody and charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer, battery on a dating partner with strangulation, and resisting an officer with violence. The New Orleans Police Department’s Public Integrity Bureau opened an investigation into the officer-involved shooting and the case was submitted to the District Attorney’s Office; body camera footage was released to the public.

Does anyone have additional information about the events on Bienville Street that night or witnessed the incident?