Baton Rouge police booked Bruce Salisbury on first-degree murder in the beating death of his father, Larry Salisbury.

The first-degree murder count is the accusation filed Tuesday night. The July battery plea is a separate conviction. A protective order, a chase, and a booking do not decide who killed Larry Salisbury. WAFB's booking story said he was found hurt and later died. The Advocate said he was found dead at 6:27 p.m. Both are in Tuesday's reporting.

WAFB reported Tuesday night, Oct. 13, 2026, that Baton Rouge police booked Bruce Salisbury into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on first-degree murder in the death of his father, 92-year-old Larry Salisbury. The Advocate reported he is 45 and that the booking was Tuesday evening. WBRZ reported the same first-degree murder booking after he was released from a hospital. A booking is the charge.

The Advocate reported Larry Salisbury was found dead at 6:27 p.m. Monday in his home in the 12000 block of Archery Drive after a neighbor called for a welfare check, that the front door was unlocked, and that the injuries were consistent with blunt-force trauma. WBRZ reported the same street and the same kind of injuries, and that he was found beaten to death Monday night. WAFB's booking story said officers found him hurt Monday evening and that he later died. Found dead and died later are both in Tuesday's reporting. They are not the same clock.

The Advocate reported that on Tuesday morning police tried to stop Bruce Salisbury's vehicle, that he refused, and that the pursuit ended on Greenwell Street near Airline Highway. WBRZ reported the pursuit ended around Greenwell Springs Road and Airline Highway, that footage showed the car flipped onto its side, and that he was taken to a hospital before the evening booking. WAFB reported officers spotted the car, he sped off, and they caught him. A chase is how he was taken into custody. It is not proof of the killing.

WAFB's I-Team, citing court records, reported that on July 24, 2026, Bruce Salisbury was accused of felony domestic abuse battery against his father, and that investigators noted two black eyes and dried blood on both ears. The Advocate reported a yearlong protective order was issued when he was released on July 31. WAFB reported the order was not set to expire until July 31, 2027, that prosecutors said the 92-year-old had asked for it to be lifted, and that court minutes the station reviewed still showed it as active. WBRZ reported family said Larry Salisbury had asked for the order to be rescinded and that Bruce had moved back in. A family's account and a prosecutor's account are not the minutes.

WAFB reported that on Sept. 17, 2026, Bruce Salisbury pleaded guilty to one count of domestic abuse battery, was sentenced to six months with credit for time served, had the remaining time suspended, and was placed on unsupervised probation for one year, with a probation review set for Nov. 10. The station reported he had previously pleaded guilty to violating a protective order involving a woman. That woman is not named here. WAFB also reported that Tuesday morning Judge Don Johnson signed an arrest warrant accusing him of failing to check in with his parole officer, and that the warrant was time-stamped after police had already detained him during the chase. The September case was described as probation. The warrant story used the word parole. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.