Police killings
2013-2020

Lawrence Blackburn

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 7/29/2015

Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
4100 W Brookstown Dr

Lawrence Blackburn died after reportedly engaging in a shootout with law enforcement agents at an apartment complex in Baton Rouge. Officials said Blackburn was armed and that the US Marshal Task Force was involved in the shooting. About 25 law enforcement vehicles responded to the scene from multiple agencies. Investigators had been trying to catch up with Blackburn for days in connection with a shooting in Lafayette that left Dravin Stevenson, 18, dead and sent a 19-year-old man to the hospital. The victim who survived was listed in critical condition at the time Blackburn was killed. A woman in the area was also shot in the leg during the shootout.