Shootings and Violent Crime

18+ hour, 58+ min ago   (327+ words) BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge police and the East Baton Rouge coroner's office report that 81 people have died in violent crimes so far this year, including 15 juveniles. Though the number of homicides is down from this time in 2025, the number of…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (127+ words) An Addis man was arrested on charges of negligent homicide and careless operation in connection with a Monday morning car crash in Donaldsonville that left one dead, according to Louisiana State Police. The crash happened at roughly 6 a.m. on La. 1 near…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (159+ words) The man who allegedly sexually assaulted a city-parish employee in a bathroom in City Hall on Sept. 16 was arrested Monday, police say. Alfred Richardson, 67, was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for second-degree rape and simple robbery. On…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (718+ words) District Attorney Hillar Moore plans to seek a death warrant for convicted killer Todd Wessinger after a U.S. appeals court on Monday denied a request to rehear his appeal. Found guilty of shooting and killing two former co-workers at a Baton…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (298+ words) Baton Rouge police are looking for three men who allegedly shot at cars after Southern University’s Homecoming Parade on Sept. 27, injuring two people. Kendrick Keller Jr., 18, and Jakhireyus Franklin, 19, are wanted by BRPD for seven counts of attempted first-degree murder,…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (298+ words) A Baton Rouge man was arrested on a count of first-degree rape after he allegedly raped a 16-year-old, deputies say. Johnathan Williams, 20, was arrested on Sept. 25 and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a count of first-degree…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (172+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- A man was taken to a hospital after being shot Tuesday night on Rosenwald Road, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. BRPD said officers responded to a shooting in the 900 block of Rosenwald Road…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (108+ words) Wilson Abreu, 49, was arrested by detectives with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Unit and booked into the Ascension Parish Jail. A Denham Springs man was arrested Tuesday on four counts of first-degree rape, the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (167+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has given Louisiana's Attorney General's Office $1,000,000. According to the DOJ, these funds will help implement efforts to identify, serve, and empower victims of technology-facilitated abuse, such as image-based…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (150+ words) A 17-year-old arrested for allegedly killing a man on Plank Road in August was already in jail in connection with a case where a woman was robbed at gunpoint on Sept. 10, Baton Rouge police said. Rocquial Hines was arrested Tuesday…...