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Police arrest suspect in Louisiana cop killingSHREVEPORT, La. -- Police found a suspected cop killer
close to home Thursday, less than a day after he was accused of shooting an officer who answered a
domestic-disturbance call.
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Zach Beaird, The (Shreveport, La.)
Times
5:52 p.m. EDT August 6, 2015
A Shreveport, Louisiana police officer has been shot and killed in the line of duty. Dozens of officers
were involved in a manhunt for the suspect.
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A Shreveport Police Department officer was shot while responding to a call in the Queensborough
neighborhood Wednesday.(Photo: Zach Beaird/The Times)

2. SHREVEPORT, La. -- Police found a suspected cop killer close to home Thursday, less than a day
after he was accused of shooting an officer who answered a domestic-disturbance call.
In Jackson, Miss., officers had searched at least two Greyhound buses that arrived from Louisiana in
a manhunt for Grover D. Cannon, 27, accused of shooting a Shreveport police officer multiple times.
Police were monitoring other buses; Greyhound has five buses daily from Shreveport to Jackson,
some with intermediate stops.
But based on several tips, Shreveport officers found Cannon less than a mile from where Officer
Thomas LaValley, 29, was shot around 9:15 p.m. CT Wednesday as the officer responded to a call of
an armed man making threats toward a family member.
Cannon is being charged with first-degree murder in the death of LaValley, who joined the
department in 2011. Cannon also was wanted for attempted second-degree murder for the July 15
shooting of Darren Williams, 45, Shreveport police Chief Willie Shaw said.
"No matter what rock he crawls under we will find him," Shaw said before Cannon's capture. "I
would suggest that he turn himself in immediately. Because we are looking for him. I say 'we' in the
broades sense of the word. We are not bound by state lines. We are not bound by county lines. We
are not bound by country lines. ... We will not rest until this individual is brought to justice."
Cannon could face the death penalty for the first-degree murder charge.
Suspect Grover D. Cannon, 27, of Shreveport (Photo: Shreveport (La.) Police Department)
LaValley was taken to a Shreveport hospital with critical injuries and died just after midnight, police
spokesman Marcus Hines said.
LaValley is at least the 71st officer who died in the line of duty this year, the 19th killed by gunfire,
according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. The number is down by nine from the same time last
year.
Six other officers have died in Louisiana this year.

3. "He was one of the good guys," said Casey Habich, a friend of LaValley. "He was a caretaker and
went above and beyond to make sure his family and friends were always well looked after."
Shaw said he was especially touched by LaValley's death because he had hired the officer. LaValley
had been a videographer at KTBS-TV in Shreveport for about three years when he told Shaw of his
aspirations to become an officer.
During a search of Shreveport's Queensborough neighborhood overnight, police had searched two
nearby houses but confirmed that the suspect was not inside either one. Additional tips pointed to
another street where police shut down the road and began an ultimately successful search during
daylight.
Officer Thomas LaValley, 29, of Shreveport (Photo: Shreveport (La.) Police Department)
Shreveport police, Caddo Parish deputies, DeSoto Parish deputies, U.S. Marshals, Louisiana State
Police and Jackson, Miss., police had joined the search for Cannon.
"May God bless the family of the SPD officer that lost his life tonight serving our city," the Caddo
Parish Constable's Office posted on its Facebook page. "Please keep this officer's family in your
prayers tonight as well as our local law enforcement. He died protecting us.''
Contributing: The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger; The Associated Press
Multiple agencies are on scene in Queensborough after a SPD officer was shot and killed. Agencies
are searching for the suspect. (Photo: Zach Beaird/The Times)
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