Officials have announced funeral arrangements for Cpl. Shawn Kelly, the late Denham Springs police officer who died weeks after being shot while responding to a disturbance.
Services will be held at Healing Place Church’s main campus on Highland Road in Baton Rouge on Thursday, June 8. Visitation will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and the service will begin at 11:30 a.m.
Following the service, a procession will proceed from Healing Place Church to Denham Springs Memorial Cemetery. The route will go from Highland Road to Airline Highway, then Interstate-12, then Range Avenue and end at Denham Springs Memorial Cemetery.
Kelly, a 26-year law enforcement veteran, was critically injured while responding to a disturbance in Spring Park Square on May 11. He was sent to the hospital after being shot several times.
Kelly died around 4pm on Friday, June 2, just over three weeks after the shooting. He was surrounded by his family, friends and members of the Denham Springs Police Department (DSPD).
“On May 11, 2023, evil and tragedy struck our community, and we will be forever changed by it,” Chief Rodney Walker said in a statement released after Kelly’s death. “Cpl. Shawn Kelly was a great public servant, a great father, grandfather, husband and just a great human being.
“He was one of the finest men I have ever known. The communities of Denham Springs and Livingston Parish have truly lost one of their finest. On behalf of Cpl. Kelly’s family and his DSPD family, we thank you for your love , continued support and prayers during this difficult and tragic time.”
