19-year-old Nakia Solomon of Breaux Bridge has been identified as the victim who died. Lafayette Police spokesperson Senior Cpl. Bridgette Dugas says Solomon was shot multiple times.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury has indicted a 16-year-old boy in the July 24 shooting death of a 42-year-old man.
The Advocate reports the grand jury charged the teen with second-degree murder in the death of James Ray Mimms...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge police say a 39-year-old man died after he was shot in both legs.
Cpl. Tommy Stubbs tells The Advocate Louis Spears was shot Tuesday morning while standing on the front porch of a home.
Stubbs said Spears was taken to a hospital where he later died...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a 21-year-old man.
Cpl. L'Jean McKneely tells The Advocate (http://bit.ly/MbVSZn) that 21-year-old Jonathan West is accused of fatally shooting Telly Heard after the two had an argument on June 5 under Interstate 10 on South 10th Street...
HOMER, La. (AP) — Authorities say a possible suspect has been arrested following an investigation into the shooting death of a Claiborne Parish police juror.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A 45-year-old Baton Rouge man has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge in the September 21st shooting death of a homeless man.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Baton Rouge woman, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in October to the 2004 killing of her ex-husband, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.