John Kenneth Hedden

How they died

Suicide

John Kenneth Hedden was reportedly killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound that ended an 8-hour standoff at the Chateau Wein apartment complex. Hedden had barricaded himself in his apartment at around 3 a.m. when police responded to a call from Hedden's girlfriend during an argument. Officers arrived to see both Hedden and the woman outside in an argument. Hedden then went inside and did not come out. After the woman warned police of Hedden owning several guns, Opelousas police officers and Louisiana State Police officers surrounded the complex. After trying to negotiate with Hedden, state police sent a robot into the complex with a camera, which discovered that Hedden dead from a gunshot wound.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that John Kenneth Hedden, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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