A life that had been given to public service ended with a gunshot, and the loss cannot be reduced to a line in a record. Deputy Sheriff Charles Riley was 33 years old when his end of watch came on October 6, 2025. For six years, he served with the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana. His death leaves behind the hardest truth of this work: a person who stood in the space between danger and the public was not allowed to return home. Riley was shot at the Iberville Parish Courthouse in Plaquemine following an interview with a man, according to reporting by WAFB.…

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