On August 1, 1977, 30-year-old Baton Rouge Police Officer Linda A. Lawrence was killed while responding to a residential burglary at the Broadmoor Plantation Apartments. Lawrence, a United States Army Reserve veteran who had been with the Baton Rouge Police Department for four months, and her training officer confronted the suspect in the apartment’s bedroom. A violent struggle followed after the suspect attacked with a knife and a tire tool. During the fight the assailant seized Lawrence’s service revolver and shot her once in the chest.

The struggle continued while Lawrence lay gravely wounded; her training officer fought the suspect for several minutes before fatally shooting him. The suspect was shot a total of ten times. Officer Lawrence was survived by her parents. Does anyone have information about Lawrence’s service or the Broadmoor Plantation Apartments scene that could add context to this case?