LMPD officials released officer body-camera video and new details Wednesday, hours after a shooting that left a suspect dead in the Parkland neighborhood. According to LMPD Chief Steve Conrad, police responded to a 911 call at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 2600 block of Greenwood Ave. As officers began to respond, additional calls came into dispatch in reference to the home, and the call was upgraded to a domestic violence run. Officers Lenart Elzy and Carlyn Alexander were first to arrive at the scene. Once they were there, Elzy and Alexander encountered Anthony Wayne French Sr., 49, in the door frame, armed with a semi-automatic pistol.
Almost immediately, French pointed the gun at officers, who immediately opened fire on French. Officers immediately found two other people inside the home following the shooting. Officers learned they were French’s ex-wife, and an adult son. Both told police that French had been drinking, and that French held them inside the home and beat them. The son said that he was glad the officers arrived because he feared French was going to kill them. No officers were injured. Officers Elzy and Alexander, both hired in 2017, have been placed on administrative reassignment, per LMPD policy.
