The off-duty New Orleans police officer fatally shot over the weekend at a Houston restaurant was 13-year veteran Everett Briscoe.
He shot to death around 5:17 p.m. at the Grotto Ristorante near Houston’s Galleria area.
Briscoe, a detective who formerly worked in the department’s Homicide and Narcotics divisions, was most recently tasked with investigating violent crimes against people in the NOPD’s First District covering Treme and parts of Mid-City.
Briscoe was the father of two children.
According to Houston police, Briscoe and another man were dining with a group on an outdoor patio when two hooded gunmen approached and demanded their belongings. Though witnesses told Houston police that the victims complied, one of the gunmen fired shots that killed one victim and left another man hospitalized in critical condition.
