NU Online News Service, June 8, 8:28 a.m. EST
Two fraud investigators with the state Department of Insurance were shot and killed June 7 while trying to get information from an agent, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon confirms.
Rhett Jeansonne, an investigator since 2006, and Kim Sledge, an 11-year employee of the insurance department, were shot and killed by insurance agent John Melvin Lavergne, who in the past had been cited for fraud and ordered to stop operations.
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