Sylvester Holt Jr. was a career criminal who ambushed officer Michael Louvier in Marrero, Louisiana and shooting him to death on January 20, 2017. ^{[0] [1]}

On January 20, 2017, at about 6: 30 a.m., officer Michael Louvier had stopped near the intersection of Barataria and Ames Boulevard in Marrero, Louisiana to assist an apparent car crash. ^[1]

A shooting then occurred, and Sylvester shot Officer Louvier in the head, fatally wounding him.

^[1]Slyvester then shot his wife, Simone Veal, he was with before the officer arrived, multiple times.

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Sylvester had just been released from jail on Jan. 7, 2017, after the Jefferson Parish District Attorney refused the charges in a rape case against Holt. ^[0]

Holt had been arrested Sept. 29, 2016, accused of picking up a woman in a New Orleans bar May 4, 2016, taking her to Metairie and raping her at gunpoint. ^[0]

Holt was previously arrested in St Bernard Parish on an aggravated assault with a weapon charge. A police report says Holt allegedly banged on the window of an ex-girlfriend with a gun threatening to “flat line” her in 2015. ^[0]

St Bernard had just issued a writ of habeas corpus January 12, 2017, to have Holt brought to St Bernard to face the aggravated assault charge in February.

He had already been released from the Jefferson Parish Jail on January 7, 2017.

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On January 20, 2017, Holt died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. ^[7]