Sergeant Shawn Thomas Anderson, 43, a 18-year veteran of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, was shot and killed while investigating a rape case on March 18, 2017. The deputies went to a hair salon on O’Neal Lane around 11:00 p.m. to interview a suspect. A struggle inside the salon led to shots being fired; Anderson was fatally wounded and later died at a medical center.

The suspect, named as Brandon Wiley, was also shot during the altercation, taken into custody and hospitalized, and died several days later. Wiley’s record included an extensive criminal history spanning more than a decade. Anderson was a husband and father of two and had been publicly recognized for delivering a baby on the side of a road.

Does anyone have information about the salon encounter or knew Sergeant Anderson and can share details that might clarify what happened that night?