LOUISIANA STATE POLICE
COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE
Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent
News Release September 12, 2010 Rayville Police Officer Killed in the Line-of-Duty
A Rayville police officer was shot and killed after responding to a burglary-in-progress in Richland Parish.
On September 11, 2010, around 9:15 pm, fifty-seven year-old Rayville Police Officer, Thomas M. Alexander, responded to a 911-call at a residence on Hwy 80, located east of Rayville. Officer Alexander was searching the interior of the residence when he was shot and killed by one of the suspects.
Robert J. Walker (52 year-old male from Rayville) was arrested at the scene last night. A second suspect, Anthony D. Oatis (30 year-old male from Monroe), was arrested last night in Richland Parish approximately two hours after the shooting. The third suspect, Richard L. Long, Jr. (33 year-old male from Monroe), was arrested this morning in Monroe. Long was originally booked at the Ouachita Parish Correctional Center as a fugitive from Richland Parish, but was later transferred to the Richland Parish Detention Center. All three suspects have been booked at the Richland Parish Detention Center for First Degree Murder of a Police Officer and Aggravated Burglary and are currently being held without bond.
Officer Alexander was a thirteen-year veteran with the Rayville City Police Department. Numerous agencies and departments, including the Rayville Police Department, the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab, the United States Marshall Service and the Richland, Ouachita, and Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Office’s, assisted LSP Detectives with the investigation and apprehension of the suspects.
Contact Information,
Trooper First Class Mark Dennis
Louisiana State Police
Troop F Public Affairs
Office: (318) 345-2810
www.LSP.org
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