Sergeant Nolan Williamson Sr., 61, a long-serving East Feliciana Parish deputy who worked in the parish jail, was shot while responding unarmed to what was reported as a two-car crash on March 16, 2000. He had offered to accompany another deputy to the scene, since firearms were not permitted where he normally worked. The crash had been caused when a man intentionally rammed the vehicle of his ex-wife; when deputies arrived the suspect opened fire and struck Sergeant Williamson in the neck. The other deputy returned fire and wounded the assailant.

Sergeant Williamson was taken to a local hospital and died of his wounds on March 24, 2000, after about a week. The shooter was taken into custody, later convicted of second-degree murder in September 2001 and received a life sentence. That man died by suicide in his cell on May 19, 2005. Does anyone have memories of Sergeant Williamson or information about the March 16, 2000 incident that could shed more light on what happened that day?