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Corporal Pricilla Dean Pierson of the Ponchatoula Police Department in Louisiana unexpectedly passed away while on duty Tuesday morning.

A 44-year-old police officer in Louisiana has died unexpectedly.

An autopsy will be conducted Wednesday on a Ponchatoula police officer who died while on duty Tuesday morning at a local grocery store.

Cpl. Pricilla Dean Pierson was a six-year veteran of the department

Corporal Pricilla Dean Pierson of the Ponchatoula Police Department in Louisiana unexpectedly passed away while on duty Tuesday morning.

PONCHATOULA — A Ponchatoula city police officer found dead in her patrol car had an 80 percent blockage in an artery and two additional contributing factors that led to her death, the citys police chief said Wednesday, citing autopsy results.

Ponchatoula Police Chief Bry Layrisson said Wednesday that autopsy results on a Ponchatoula police officer who died while on duty Tuesday showed blockage in one of her arteries.

Cpl. Pricilla Dean Pierson was a six-year veteran of the department

Cpl. Pricilla Dean Pierson was a six-year veteran of the department

PONCHATOULA — A Ponchatoula police officer was found dead inside her police car in the parking lot of a Ponchatoula grocery store Tuesday morning.