Sergeant Warren Joseph Broussard, 40, was a Baton Rouge Police Department officer and decorated Vietnam War veteran who was killed in the summer of 1988. He had been at his grandparents’ home, which had been burglarized the day before, when a neighbor told him about two men acting suspiciously nearby. Broussard located the pair and began questioning them while radioing for backup. One of the men produced a handgun stolen in the earlier burglary and shot Broussard in the stomach and the head; both suspects then fled.

Within a week both suspects were arrested and charged with murder. One defendant agreed to testify against his accomplice in return for a reduced sentence; that testimony was used at trial, and the shooter was convicted and given a life sentence. If anyone knew Sergeant Broussard, his family, or saw suspicious activity near his grandparents’ home that summer, please share what you remember.