BATON ROUGE – Donors began showing up early at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, rolling up their sleeves to support a Denham Springs officer who was critically wounded a day earlier.
The blood drive benefitting Cpl. Shawn Kelly began at 8 a.m. and will run through the day.
Another blood donation effort has been scheduled for Monday. A mobile collection unit will be at the Livingston Parish courthouse that day. The courthouse is located at 20300 Government Blvd. in Denham Springs.
Kelly was wounded when he responded to a disturbance call at a popular shopping center Thursday afternoon.
The shooter — identified as 30-year-old Justin Roberts — died after he was shot a few blocks away.
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