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Man arrested following fatal shooting on Education Street

7 years 2 months 4 weeks ago Wednesday, December 28 2016 Dec 28, 2016 December 28, 2016 3:27 PM December 28, 2016 in News
Source: WBRZ
Photo from the shooting scene on Education Street

BATON ROUGE – An arrest has been made in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred on Education Street on Dec. 23

BRPD arrested 33-year-old Johnny Matthews on charges of second degree murder, illegal use of a weapon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Police found 43-year-old Charles Porter fatally shot in the road in the 500 block of Education Street. He suffered a gunshot wound to the head and died at the scene.

Matthews was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on the above charges.

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