Flags are at half-staff outside the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office honoring a deputy who the sheriff calls a dedicated officer serving his entire community.
“It’s a little bit tough,” said Sheriff Ricky Adam.
Trying to hold back emotions, Sheriff Adam is still shocked by the loss of Lieutenant Michael Boutte. The sheriff said the 20-year law enforcement veteran was shot and killed Monday by a man while responding to a disturbance call at a home in the northern part of the county. Boutte, who was also a Navy veteran, was airlifted to a hospital in New Orleans where he died.
"He was well thought of in this county with the people he dealt with and there’s been an outpouring of support,” said Adam.
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