Monroe grand jury set to probe police shooting of William Mack Henderson
/A Ouachita Parish grand jury is
scheduled to hear evidence January tenth in the police shooting death
of William Mack Henderson. The 58-year-old Henderson was killed in a
hail of gunfire after Monroe police said he refused repeated commands
to drop a knife and chain and lunged toward them last August. A
one-thousand page state police report on its investigation into the
shooting will frame the case presented to the grand jury. The number of
witnesses to be called has not been finalized. Some civilians, who
claim to have witnessed the confrontation, have contradicted official
police accounts of the incident. Five Monroe officers who fired weapons
that day have been on paid administrative leave pending outcome of the
investigation. District Attorney Jerry Jones, who has visited the site
of the shooting and studied the investigation report, estimates the
grand jury proceedings could take three-to-four days. [more]
