REMEMBRANCE - SERGEANT GLENN HUTTO, JR.
/Sergeant Glenn Hutto, Jr.
“Sergeant Glenn Hutto, Jr. spent the final moments of his life doing what he was best known for. Standing beside his subordinates and showing them what it means to protect and serve.”
On April 26 2020, Baton Rouge Police received a tip that a suspect who had just shot and killed his girlfriend’s stepfather earlier in the day was inside of a residence in the city’s Howell Park neighborhood. Officers from the First District knocked at the front door to try and make contact with the offender. Sergeant Glenn Hutto, Jr. and one of his officers made their way to the backyard of the property to secure a possible point of exit. The suspect was waiting and callously ambushed them with a rifle. Sergeant Glenn Hutto, Jr. was killed in the attack. Corporal Derrick Maglone was critically wounded but survived. The gunman was later arrested after a standoff with police.
For his sacrifice in the line of duty, Sergeant Glenn Hutto, Jr. was posthumously promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He spent much of his two-decade career with the Baton Rouge Police Department working as a crime scene investigator before shifting to uniform patrol supervisor. He is remembered as man of true courage who led from the front.
