Linda A. Lawrence served in the U.S. Army.
Police Officer Linda Lawrence was shot and killed while she and her training officer were at the scene of a residential burglary call at the Broadmoor Plantation Apartments. The officers encountered the suspect in the bedroom of his former girlfriend's apartment. He attacked them with a knife and tire tool. The suspect managed to gain control of Officer Lawrence's service revolver and shot her once in the chest. The training officer struggled with the man for several more minutes before he was able to shoot the suspect fatally. The suspect was shot a total of ten times with .357 caliber rounds before he finally stopped the assault on the officers. Officer Lawrence is the first known female officer to be killed in the line of duty in Louisiana. She was a United States Army Reserve veteran and had served with the Baton Rouge Police Department for only four months.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Lawrence served with the Baton Rouge Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Baton Rouge community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, sister.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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