University alumnus and local attorney Gordon Pugh committed suicide on the levee near Skip Bertman Drive and the LSU Veterinary School on Monday. Pugh was pronounced dead at 6:54 p.m., according to Don Moreau, chief of operations at the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office. Pugh died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. A passerby reported the incident, said Maj. Lawrence Rabalais, LSU Police Department spokesman. Pugh was a partner at Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson law firm for 43 years, and served on many local community boards. His son, Gordon Pugh Jr., committed suicide last year, Moreau said. —-Contact Kyle Bove at [email protected]
LSU alumnus commits suicide on levee Monday – 3:36 p.m.
July 19, 2009