Louisiana Wildlife Officer Sergent Paul Stuckey was killed in the line of duty earlier today while investigating a reported case of jack lighting.

The body of Sgt. Paul Stuckey, 47, was found at about 7 a.m. next to his patrol truck on a gravel river road by fishermen just outside St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish. At 2:15 a.m., he reported to his supervisor that he was heading out to investigate a tip about illegal nighttime hunting, according to wildlife officials.

State police investigators, the lead detectives, said they had no suspects as of Friday.

Lt. Doug Cain, a state police spokesman, said there were signs that Stuckey was in the midst of surveillance when he was killed. Cain said Stuckey had binoculars on his truck’s dashboard, had made it so the lights inside his truck could not be seen and had filled out his patrol log.

“There are definite indications that he was on an investigation,” Cain said.

But he said investigators had a lot more work to do such as ballistics tests and DNA analysis. He said there were no obvious clues gathered from the scene.

“There are certainly a lot of unanswered questions,” he said.

West Feliciana Sheriff Austin Daniel said the coroner indicated that Stuckey probably was shot and killed sometime after 2:15 a.m., perhaps around daybreak.

“It didn’t look like a scuffle had taken place,” Daniel said. He said it appeared Stuckey had been struck by a shot from close range.

Killing someone over a deer is ridiculously stupid especially when a law officer is gunned down. I hope the scumbag that is responsible for this senseless crime is brought to justice soon.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Sgt Stuckey’s family, friends and co workers as they struggle with this horrible senseless crime.

I don’t know if they have the death penalty in Louisiana but cases like this just beg to have a fast track to the death chamber.

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