Merlin E. Brune Jr.

On a Tuesday in July of 1977, a domestic disturbance call led to the untimely death of a dedicated public servant. Sergeant Merlin Eugene Brune Jr., a 37-year-old male officer with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, tragically lost his life in the line of duty on July 12th of that year. A twelve-year veteran of the force and a United States Navy veteran, he was responding to a report of a domestic dispute in the 500 block of Oak Avenue in Bridge City, Louisiana. The call originated from the ...