Half Century Later, Question Remains: What Deputy Killed Two Students? by LSU Cold Case Project
Half Century Later, Question Remains: What Deputy Killed Two Students? by LSU Cold Case Project
Baton Rouge, LA, USA | October 30, 2022
This four-part narrative series commemorated the 50th anniversary of the deadly shooting of two unarmed black men at a protest at Southern University in November 1972. The news team analyzed 2,700 pages of FBI records and did dozens of interviews to recreate what happened and take readers deep inside the investigation to identify the shooter. This project prompted a public apology from the governor.