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Pictured: Honor graduate cop shot dead in Louisiana by suspect already wanted for attempted murder

Police have named Shreveport shooting suspect as Grover D Connor, 27
Officers say Connor was already being hunted for attempted murder
Dead officer also named as honor graduate Thomas LaValley, 29
Colleagues and friends have paid tribute to him as manhunt continues

Published: 00:22 EST, 6 August 2015 | Updated: 13:43 EST, 6 August 2015

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Grover D Connor, 27, the man accused of shooting a Louisiana police officer dead last night was already being hunted for attempted murder, cops said

A man suspected of shooting a Louisiana police officer dead last night is already wanted for attempted murder for another gun attack last month, cops say.

Grover D Connor, 27, is now being hunted across two states after he was accused of killing Shreveport officer Thomas LaValley, 29, during a call-out at 9.14pm yesterday.

Today Shreveport police chief Willie Shaw paid tribute to LaValley, saying he had personally hired him after he was awarded honor graduate following his training.

Speaking about suspect Connor, Shaw said: 'If he's out there and he sees this, he is nothing to me but a coward. No matter what rock he crawls under, we will find him.'

Connor has been charged with first degree murder today after police said he shot officer LaValley multiple times after cops were called to reports of a suspicious person in a home.

When LaValley arrived he reportedly found Connor threatening a family member with a gun before Connor opened fire.

Fire crews tried to give first aid to LaValley before he was taken to hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries, Fox News reports.

Shaw added that Connor was already being hunted by police after allegedly shooting Darren Wilson, 45, on July 15. He was charged with second degree attempted murder after that attack.

Shaw added that LaValley's death was particularly poignant for him, as he personally recruited LaValley from his old job as a news cameraman.

The dead police officer was today named as Thomas LaValley, a former news TV cameraman who joined Shreveport PD four years ago after passing his training as the honor graduate

Officers said LaValley was shot multiple times before being taken to hospital where he died from his wounds. Today Connor was charged with first degree murder over the alleged killing

During an interview several years ago, Shaw began talking to LaValley, who said he had applied to become a cop but got rejected.

Shaw told reporters he had promised to hire LaValley if he put himself through training, before emerging as the honor graduate.

Today officers in Louisiana began checking Greyhound buses around the city for any trace of Connor, while cops in Jackson, Mississippi, also began checking coaches that had arrived there after departing from Shreveport.

Last night all cars in the area were being stopped and over 70 police forces were ordered to start going door to door.

Officers searched two properties where Connor may have been hiding late last night, but he was not found inside either of them.

Massive manhunt after Louisiana cop shot dead

Police chief Willie Shaw today branded Connor a 'coward' saying cops would find him 'whatever rock he's hiding under' after he allegedly shot LaValley (pictured) last night

Caddo Parish Constable's Office posted on their Facebook page, 'May God bless the family of the SPD officer that lost his life tonight serving our city.

'Please keep this officer's family in your prayers tonight as well as our law enforcement. He died protecting us.'