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Barry Rigsby

Gender : Male

Age : 36

Race : Black

Date : 11/04/2021

Location : 125 Maple Street

City : Wisner

County : Franklin

State : Louisiana

Agency : Louisiana State Police

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during armed confrontation

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On November 4, 2021, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Louisiana State Police fatally shot 36-year-old Barry Rigsby at the Wisner Apartment Complex on Maple Street in Wisner, Louisiana. Rigsby was wanted for questioning in a triple homicide that had occurred earlier that day in Shreveport. Police located Rigsby's abandoned vehicle near the apartment complex. Franklin Parish Sheriff's deputies began evacuating residents. During the evacuation, Rigsby fired shots at the deputies and locked himself inside an apartment. Louisiana State Police, including SWAT and police negotiators, arrived. After a standoff lasting four hours, during which Rigsby continued to fire shots at police and threw a fire extinguisher at them, police shot and killed him.
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TOTAL FATALITIES:
Fatalities: 1 (Barry Rigsby)

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ktalnews.com/news/crime/spd-identifies-suspect-in-overnight-triple-homicide-manhunt-underway/
https://www.ktalnews.com/news/crime/victims-identified-in-cedar-grove-triple-homicide-spd-says-suspect-had-history-of-domestic-violence/
https://bdcradio.com/local-news/suspect-in-shreveport-triple-homicide-dies-in-shootout-with-state-police/
https://apnews.com/article/police-louisiana-shreveport-7f099153661762604b73af1e944193c1
https://louisianaradionetwork.com/2021/11/04/suspect-in-shreveport-triple-homicide-killed-by-police/