Deputy Sheriff Kathleen Angie Briscoe, 41, died after an inadvertent firearms discharge while assisting another deputy on the evening of September 5, 1988. Briscoe, a nine-year veteran of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, had been off duty when she responded to a burglary call on the Westbank Expressway in Gretna to help a fellow officer. A struggle with a suspect occurred during an attempted arrest; Briscoe stepped backward, lost her balance, fell over a guardrail and, as she fell, her weapon discharged, the single bullet striking her in the head.

She was taken to West Jefferson Hospital and died of her injuries two days later on September 7, 1988. The death was officially ruled an inadvertent discharge of her firearm. No suspects or arrests were reported in connection with the incident.

Does anyone have memories of Deputy Briscoe or information about the response that night?