Assistant Chief of Police Bill Jewel ’Putt’ Linder, 62, was shot and killed in Wisner, Louisiana, on the morning of October 10, 2004. Linder, a U.S. Army veteran who had spent nine years in law enforcement and three with the Wisner Police Department, responded to a reported burglary on Harlem Street and encountered the suspect there.

A struggle took place as Linder attempted to make an arrest. During the confrontation the suspect gained control of Linder’s service weapon and shot him. Deputies from the Franklin Parish Sheriff’s Office arrived and found the suspect at the scene holding a hammer; they secured the scene and took the individual into custody without further violence. The suspect was charged with first-degree murder in connection with Linder’s death.

What details about the burglary, the confrontation, or the suspect’s motive are still missing that might help explain how the struggle escalated?