SHREVEPORT, La. — As communities across the country recognize National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, Shreveport police are also marking a solemn anniversary — remembering a young officer whose life was cut short seven years ago.
Shreveport police Officer Chateri Payne was just 22 years old when she was ambushed and killed on Jan. 9, 2019 as she was heading to work.
Payne had graduated from the police academy only three months earlier and was still a rookie officer when she was shot multiple times outside a home on Midway Avenue while wearing her full uniform…