Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday ordered U.S. and Louisiana flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of Martha Elizabeth Odom, the Lafayette teenager who was killed in a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge last month.
In an executive order signed on Thursday, Landry said the state mourns alongside Odom’s family and described her death as “an act of senseless violence.” Flags at the State Capitol and all state buildings will remain at half-staff from sunrise to sunset today.
Landry’s order said Odom’s death serves as a reminder of the need for “unity, resilience, and compassion in the face of unspeakable evil and hatred.”…