BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A new tribute for fallen Denham Springs Police Dept.’s Corporal Shawn Kelly has been installed.

DPSD shared photos from the gravesite monument on Facebook on Wednesday, Aug. 8.

Corporal Kelly died after a shootout in a shopping center back in 2023.

Denham Springs Cpl. Shawn Kelly Funeral (Full Service)

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His end of watch was June 2, 2023. He was 53 years old.

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