SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) – Shreveport, Louisiana Sergeant Timothy Prunty was killed in a random shooting the investigators are still trying to determine why.
Christopher Cope, the suspect in the shooting, is under suicide watch at the Caddo Correctional Center.
KSLA reports that Cope is the son of a retired Shreveport Police Officer. Investigators also report that Cope admitted he shot the sergeant. Reports state that Cope allegedly drove up and began firing multiple shots at Prunty, wounding him multiple times.
Prunty was taken to LSU Health Sciences Center where he was pronounced dead.