Shreveport Firefighter Dies From COVID Contracted On Duty
Shreveport Firefighter Dies From COVID Contracted On Duty Shreveport Fire Chief Scott Wolverton has announced the "line of duty" death of a Shreveport Firefighter today. In a release from the Shreveport Fire Department, and Mayor Adrian Perkins Office, Chief Wolverton says that 13-year Shreveport Fire veteran Leonard Coney had died from complications of COVID-19. The release says that this is a "line of duty" death, because Coney contracted COVID-19 after being exposed while on duty. The release says Coney spent his career working with Medic 5, and Fire Station #5, on Stoner Ave. He joined th...