KADN’s News 15 Investigates won a John Korbel Public Service Award from the Louisiana Society of Professional Journalists for its reporting on the death of Lafayette SWAT officer Segus Jolivette during a standoff last year.
Judges for the contest noted the station for its reporting and for communicating the topic well.
Jolivette was killed in July during what police called a standoff and hostage event in Jeanerette. An Iberia Parish grand jury recently handed down an indictment against suspect Nyjal Hurst, charging him in Jolivette’s death…