A Houston-area company is donating custom caskets, for three officers who were killed in Baton Rouge by a man targeting police.
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Jackson had been with the Baton Rouge Police Department for 10 years when he was killed.
Hospital staff and supporters greeted Simmons and his family as he was released. Mourners included elected officials, law enforcement officers and others with no personal connection to Gerald.
About 70 motorcyclists from the Louisiana Patriot Guard Riders showed up for Gerald.
(Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP).
Bossier and Caddo deputies will be supplementing East Baton Rouge deputies who have been working around-the-clock following protests and also the line-of-duty deaths of an EBRPSO deputy and two Baton Rouge police officers.
Across this city, shocked residents gathered Tuesday in churches, at community vigils and a motorcycle rally to offer support for the law enforcement community and the three officers who were slain in an ambush by a gunman. After firing the fatal shots and wounding three other officers, Long was killed by police.
She brought a letter she said he received from the Department of Veterans Affairs denying her son’s request for treatment of PTSD in 2013 on grounds that the disorder wasn’t related to his military service.
LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette confirmed the visits with authorities after the coach was seen entering police headquarters, where he spent more than an hour, by The Associated Press. He served one tour in Iraq before being honorably discharged. Although he never saw combat, there was “shooting all around” where he was stationed, his mother said.
“Officer Gerald’s wife wanted his military background represented as well as his family”, Ganem, a former police officer, said in a telephone interview as he drove to Baton Rouge.
Garafola’s family wanted a collage of family photos inside, Ganem said. “He actually felt that was the only thing he could do to help the situation”.
“At that point, I knew I needed to do something for those officers”, Ganem said.
Among the designs: A Superman shield for the casket that will hold Baton Rouge Police Cpl.
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In it, Long said he expected people who knew him wouldn’t believe he would commit “such horrendous acts of violence”.
