A memorial fund for the families of the fallen Baton Rouge police officers has been set up by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. Communications Director Mukul Verma says the East Baton Rouge First Responders Fund was established in 1988. He says donations can be made at BRAF.org, and every contribution helps.
Verma says they have already raised over $33-thousand and more donations are still coming in.
The autopsy findings of the three officers killed in the police ambush have been released. East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Beau Clark says each officer’s death was ruled a homicide due to multiple gunshot wounds. He says the shooter’s autopsy will be today.
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Five people from Albany were killed in a head-on collision with an 18-wheeler in Alabama. 32-year-old Carrie Jones and her two children, 7-year-old Trinity and 4-year-old Jackson lost their lives in the wreck, as well as, 58-year-old twin sisters, Judy Madere and Trudy Herbert. The driver of the big rig was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
According to an analysis by WalletHub, three cities in Louisiana rank as the most stressed out in the nation. Michelle Southern reports.