NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans police officer was convicted Friday of lying about the aftermath of a deadly shooting outside the city’s convention center following Hurricane Katrina, but a jury acquitted the officer’s partner of related charges.

Officer Ronald Mitchell, who shot and killed 45-year-old Danny Brumfield with a single shotgun blast in September 2005, was found guilty of one count of obstruction of justice and one count of perjury for lying when he said he left his patrol car after the shooting and checked for Brumfield’s pulse.

The jury cleared Mitchell, 33, of two counts that charged him with lying about the shooting itself.

Pictured: Officer Ray Jones, left, was acquitted of all charges in the Danny Brumfield Sr. shooting case Friday morning. Officer Ronald Mitchell, right, was convicted on perjury and obstruction of justice charges.