Lawrence D. Chavez

In the quiet town of DeRidder, Louisiana, the life of 29-year-old Lawrence Daniel Chavez, a Hispanic male, came to a tragic end on the night of January 29, 2014. A decorated veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, Chavez had served his country as a Health Care Specialist in the U.S. Army for seven and a half years before transitioning to the Army Reserves. His death, however, would not come on a foreign battlefield, but in his own home, in a confrontation with those sworn to pro ...

DeRidder man dead following officer-involved shooting