Deputy Marshal Ned Wiley

Ned Wiley

Deputy Marshal Ned Wiley and Deputy Marshal Jessie Neal were shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance at the town's public housing complex known as D'Arbonne Village.

The subject shot both officers in the chest at point blank range with a shotgun. The man then started to beat Deputy Marshal Neal, who was still seated in his patrol car, with a pistol. A third officer arrived on the scene and fired at the subject, who fled on foot. The man was arrested hiding in a mobile home on Circle Drive approximately three hours later.

The suspect, 45, was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to two life terms. He was granted a new trial in 1994 due to improper jury selection in his first trial. The outcome is unknown.

Deputy Marshal Wiley was survived by his wife, son, mother, brother, and sister.