Deputy Sheriff Robert Edward Cochran, 32, was killed while working a special detail at a bank on Metairie Road in Jefferson Parish. An eight-year veteran of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, he was a husband and the father of a son and two daughters. During an armed robbery, one suspect initially entered the bank to scout and then left to alert an accomplice. The second man returned and shot Deputy Cochran in the shoulder; as the deputy fell he drew his service weapon and wounded that shooter in the abdomen.

The wounded assailant then approached and fired a fatal shot to the deputy’s head. Both suspects fled but were later apprehended after the wounded shooter sought medical treatment. Both men were prosecuted; the triggerman received the death penalty and the accomplice was sentenced to life in prison.

Does anyone have information about Deputy Cochran’s assignment at that bank or the timeline of the suspects’ movements before and after the robbery?