Officer Nicola Cotton to be remembered on Friday
Slain NOPD officer’s funeral set for Friday
The Times-Picayune
by Brian Thevenot
Tuesday January 29, 2008, 7:55 PM
New Orleans police have announced funeral arrangements for officer Nicola Cotton, who was fatally wounded while on duty Monday morning.
A funeral Mass will be said Friday at noon at the New Hope Baptist Church, 1807 LaSalle St. Visitation is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon, said Officer Garry Flot, a department spokesman.
Cotton will be buried be at Greenwood Cemetary, 5200 Canal Blvd.
Cotton, 24, died at University Hospital on Monday morning from gunshot wounds suffered during a scuffle with a man whose family described him as a paranoid schizophrenic with a history of threats and violent behavior. She was a two-year member of the department.
Police booked Bernel Johnson, 44, with first-degree murder following the shooting. While he has not yet been formally charged, Johnson is being held without bond.
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