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Henry Andres Nelson

Case from Sunset, LA dated Aug 26, 2015

Victim Details

Henry Andres Nelson

Male

Black / African American

Sunset

LA

2015-08-26

51

Henry

Andres Nelson

07/14/2026

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In the late afternoon of August 26, 2015, the community of Sunset, Louisiana, was irrevocably altered by a tragic sequence of events that resulted in the death of 51-year-old Black/African American male, Police Officer Henry Andres Nelson. A 13-year veteran of the Sunset Police Department, Nelson was responding to a domestic disturbance call on Anna Street at approximately 3:00 p.m. The situation he was walking into was far more volatile than a standard dispute, as three women at the residence h ...
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  • shreveporttimes.com: Sunset shooting suspect booked into St. Landry jail
  • poconorecord.com: State police: Officer, 2 others shot; injuries not known
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    I've been thinking a lot about Officer Henry Nelson's story, especially the role that his small-town... ...Read More
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    I’m really struggling to wrap my head around this tragedy. Officer Nelson seemed like such a commi... ...Read More
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