Paul Berches Stuckey
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Sergeant

Paul Berches Stuckey

Accident
End of Watch September 30, 2011
Age 47
Tour of Duty 18 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Paul Stuckey was shot and killed while responding to reports of night hunting in West Feliciana Parish.

Sergeant Stuckey had notified his supervisor at approximately 2:15 am that he had received a report that someone was hunting near St. Francisville. A fisherman located his body at daybreak at an old ferry landing along the banks of the Mississippi River suffering from a shotgun blast to the chest.

Investigators believe that his own shotgun may have accidentally discharged and struck him in the chest.

Sergeant Stuckey had served with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for 18 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and three sons.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Stuckey gave the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baton Rouge community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Stuckey.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Baton Rouge, LA
Platform Identity ldwfcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 30, 2011
Tour of Duty 18 yrs
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Sergeant Paul Berches Stuckey is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In LA, 180 of 595 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 7 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 63.6% of this agency's fallen.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
7
of 11 officers
63.6% Accident
LA — Statewide
180
of 595 officers
30.3% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Paul Berches Stuckey's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Paul Berches Stuckey Compares

Age at End of Watch
47
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
18
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Paul Berches Stuckey is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location