Coroner's Office
Coverage of Coroner's Office in the Nexus archive.
- 1 dead in East Baton Rouge shooting, coroner's office confirms
A shooting in East Baton Rouge Parish resulted in one fatality, as confirmed by the coroner's office on Monday morning.
- Suspect from officer-involved shooting at Dairy Queen in Colorado identified
Patti Wilson, a Grand Junction resident, was shot by law enforcement and taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to the coroner's office.
- Woman killed by airborne umbrella at South Carolina restaurant
A woman was killed by an airborne umbrella at a South Carolina restaurant while dining on the patio with her husband. A sudden strong wind lifted the umbrella from a table, causing it to strike her, according to the coroner's office.
- Death of girl, 12, crushed by falling branch while playing on a rope swing was an accident, coroner rules as council officials 'who failed to inspect tree' are cleared of blame
A 12-year-old girl died after being crushed by a falling branch while playing on a rope swing, and the coroner has ruled it as an accident. Council officials who failed to inspect the tree have been cleared of blame. The incident resulted in no blame being assigned to the council officials.
- High school senior identified as person killed in shooting at Lousiana mall
Martha Odom, a 16-year-old high school senior, was killed in a mass shooting at a mall in Louisiana's capital city on Thursday afternoon. The incident, which occurred in the food court, involved two groups exchanging gunfire and resulted in five additional injuries. The coroner confirmed her death from a gunshot wound to the chest.
- California detective killed in ambush while serving eviction suspect barricaded in standoff
A California sheriff’s detective was killed during an ambush while serving an eviction notice on a repeat offender, David Morales, in Porterville. Morales, who had not paid rent for 35 days, opened fire with a high-powered rifle, leading to a standoff and the detective’s death at the hospital.