5th arrest in Brooklyn Bridge officer assault probe

NEW YORK - The New York Police Department has made a fifth arrest after a Brooklyn Bridge assault on two officers during a protest over the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

29-year-old Jarrod Shanahan of Brooklyn was charged with assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration.

Police earlier arrested four other people in connection with the attack on last month. Seven people were seen on amateur video pushing, kicking and punching two officers on the Brooklyn Bridge on December 13. Two more suspects are being sought.

It happened at the end of a massive march protesting a grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in Garner's death.

Investigators say Shanahan kicked the police officers and pulled them away as they tried to arrest 29-year-old Eric Linsker, a Baruch College professor who police say triggered the melee by trying to throw a metal garbage can over the bridge railing, reports CBS New York.

Shanahan was scheduled to appear in court Friday. It wasn't clear if he had a lawyer.