FREDERICK ALBERT RIGGENBACH

Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 62-E: 28
Department: Chitimacha Tribal, Louisiana, P.D.
End of Watch: January 26, 2013
Cause: SHOT
Age: 52
Years of Service: 15
Description: Sergeant Riggenbach was shot while responding to a report of an armed man walking down a street with a shotgun. The suspect had shot and killed a civilian and set a house on fire. The suspect opened fire on the responding officers and shot three of them. Sergeant Riggenbach died at the scene. The two other officers survived. Officers returned fire and wounded the suspect.
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