Detective Terry Lee Melancon Jr. was a 31-year-old Baton Rouge Police Department detective who was killed during a narcotics search warrant service on August 10, 2005. He and two other officers went to the home of a suspected drug dealer; when the occupant refused entry, the officers forced their way inside and were immediately met with gunfire. In the exchange, Detective Melancon was fatally shot. The two other officers were wounded but survived. The lone suspect who shot at the officers was also killed at the scene, so no arrests were made in connection with the death.

Melancon had served with the department for four years. He left behind family who remembered him as a son, brother, and fiancé, and his death prompted significant community and law enforcement mourning. If anyone was present or has information about the events at that address on August 10, 2005, please come forward.