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Chief Wilburt Landry | Church Point Police Department, Louisiana
Church Point Police Department, Louisiana

Chief

Wilburt Landry

Church Point Police Department, Louisiana

End of Watch: Sunday, April 21, 1957

Biographical Info

Age: 50
Tour of Duty: 19 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: April 21, 1957
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Committed suicide

Chief Wilburt Landry and Patrolman Burley Cormier were shot and killed after responding to a domestic dispute on Louis Street.

As the two officers walked into the man's kitchen he ambushed them with a shotgun, fatally wounding both officers. He then murdered his wife and daughter before fleeing. He went to his mother's home where he confessed to her that he murdered his wife and then he committed suicide.

Chief Landry had served with the Church Point Police Department for 19 years.