Memorial honoring fallen Mandeville officer removed Share Updated: 12:30 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 12:30 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021
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Show Transcript THINK TAMMANY PARISH THIS AFTERNOON A MEMORIAL HONORING THE LATE CAPTAIN VINNIE LIBERTO IN MANDEVILLE. IT IS COMING DOWN POLICE OFFICERS STARTED TAKING DOWN AMERICAN FLAGS, WHICH HUNG ON THE FENCE ALONG HIGHWAY 190 TODAY. YOU CAN SEE THEM OUT HERE LEADERS WITH THE DOTD AND THE MANIFOLD POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY ARE WORKING WITH LIBERTO’S FAMILY TO CREATE A MORE PERMANENT AND PROPER MEMORIAL THE MANDEVILLE POLICE. CHIEF SAYS THEY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. HOWEVER, HE SAYS IT’S JUST A PROPER WAY TO CARE FOR THE AMERICAN FLAG AND THEY WANT TO HONOR HIM IN A BETTER WAY AND SO THEY DID ALL O THIS WITH THE BLESSING OF LIBERTO’S FAMILY. I JUS WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE LAST YEAR A HALF AND YOU KNOW, I’M REALLY E
Permanent memorial on the way for slain Mandeville police officer
Permanent memorial on the way for slain Mandeville police officer By Rob Masson | April 12, 2021 at 3:45 PM CDT - Updated April 12 at 4:36 PM
MANDEVILLE (WVUE) - For a year and a half now people honoring slain Mandeville police officer Vincent Liberto have been placing makeshift memorials near the spot where he was fatally shot in the line of duty.
That memorial was just taken down, as his widow looked on.
On September 20, 2019 Mandeville police officer Vincent Liberto was fatally shot in the line of duty, near the intersection of Highways 190 and 22.
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