Corporal Michael Paul Middlebrook, 44, was shot and killed while on duty the night of October 1, 2017. A nine-year Lafayette Police Department veteran and a United States Army veteran, Middlebrook responded to a report of a battery and shots fired near Moss Street and Van Buren Drive around 10 p.m. Two other people were injured with non-life-threatening wounds.

The shooter fled but was located shortly afterward hiding in a nearby drainage ditch and taken into custody by Louisiana State Police investigators. On October 11, 2017, a grand jury returned indictments including first-degree murder of a police officer and multiple counts of attempted murder. Does anyone have additional details about that night or knew Corporal Middlebrook and can share memories or information?