NEW ORLEANS — An NOPD officer and man now in custody exchanged gunfire in Gentilly Thursday afternoon after a traffic stop on Painters Street, according to police.
Chief Shaun Ferguson said the officer pulled over 26-year-old Desmond Guild in the 6300 block of Painters Street around 2:30 p.m. Guild initially complied with the stop, but then allegedly got out of his car and started to walk down the road.
Ferguson said the officer tried to stop him, then Guild suddenly pulled out a gun and fired multiple at them, leading to a shootout. Nobody was wounded in the shooting.
An officer in need of assistance call was sent out and NOPD units swarmed the area and set up a perimeter, eventually arresting Guild without further incident, according to police.
Ferguson said an investigation was underway and no further information was available.
This was not Guild's first brush with the law. In 2013, he was arrested for attempted second-degree murder and several other charges, ultimately pleading guilty to aggravated assault and serving six months in Orleans Parish Prison, court records show.
In 2017, he pleaded guilty to several charges surrounding heroin distribution and was sentenced to four years hard labor, records show.
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