Louisiana authorities and the United States Marshals Service launched a massive manhunt late Wednesday for a gunman who shot and killed a police officer responding to a domestic call, officials said.
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When police arrived, someone opened fire.
More than 6 dozen police units are on the scene, and KSLA News 12 has learned that DeSoto Parish is also lending a helicopter in the search for the gunman, and a Special Response Team is now at a home in the 3400 block of Judson Street.
According to the Shreveport Times, the officer was called to a home in the Queensborough neighborhood of the city at about 9:14 p.m.to investigate a suspicious person.
Hines didn’t elaborate on the officer’s injuries, initially saying only that the officer was in “very serious” condition at a hospital.
The Shreveport Times is reporting on its website that the officer died Wednesday night. Hines says an armed man was apparently inside the residence, threatening to harm people.
The officer’s identity was not immediately released.
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Over the past 130 years, nearly 50 firefighters and police officers have lost their lives in service to their communities. Please keep this officer’s family in your prayers tonight as well as our law enforcement. “He died protecting us”.
