Sergeant Thomas Moore Alexander, 57, of the Rayville Police Department, was killed during a response to a reported burglary on a September morning in 2010. Alexander had gone to a residence on Highway 80 in Richland Parish after a woman reported breaking glass and began searching the home. Three people were hidden inside; as Alexander searched the house the suspects opened fire and fatally wounded him. Deputies arriving at the scene heard the shots and detained one suspect inside the residence; the other two were captured shortly afterward.

The investigation resulted in arrests of three men. Robert Walker of Rayville, who was believed to have organized the burglary but was not the shooter, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in June 2011 and was given life without parole. Richard L. Long Jr. of Monroe was identified as the shooter; he was convicted of first-degree murder in January 2014 and sentenced to life without parole. Anthony D. Oatis of Monroe was convicted of manslaughter in October 2014 and received a 21-year sentence.

Did anyone in the area hear or see anything on that September morning that could shed more light on how the burglary led to such a deadly confrontation?