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• Deputies: Man arrested after shooting, killing woman overnight

  September 29, 2019 10:31 AM

  LIVINGSTON - A woman was shot and killed in a domestic situation on McLin Road late Saturday, sheriff’s deputies said. Carol Hutchinson was killed. Deputies said Errol Hicks shot her. Hicks is charged with second degree murder. The sheriff said the investigation is ongoing. ************************... more »

• Suspect in two-parish killing spree caught in Virginia Play Video

  January 26, 2019 12:04 PM

  RICHMOND, Virginia – The 21-year-old deputies said shot and killed his girlfriend and her family before killing his own family in Livingston and Ascension parishes Saturday was caught in Virginia early Sunday morning. Dakota Theriot was arrested by Richmond County Sheriff’s deputies more than a thousand miles and 15... more »

• BRPD: Homeless man shot and killed while working in gas station parking lot Play Video

  October 13, 2017 11:37 AM

  BATON ROUGE – Police say a homeless man was shot to death as he was cleaning up a gas station parking lot early Friday morning. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, 51-year-old Leonard Williams was shot multiple times around 1 a.m. Friday at Cousin's Food Mart on Airline... more »

• Man found gunned down on his patio overnight

  October 3, 2017 1:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A man was found shot to death on the patio of his home overnight. Police said Roosevelt Netter, 52, was gunned down sometime around midnight at his home in the 6300 block of Bluegress Drive near the Zion City area. Netter was shot multiple times, detectives... more »

• Deputies: Man killed when he tried to stop fight in Baton Rouge

  July 10, 2017 12:21 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A 23-year-old man was tracked down across the river and will face murder charges in the shooting death of the bystander of a fight who tried to settle the tension of an argument overnight. Andre Wright, 25, was shot and killed on Mariner Drive late Sunday.... more »

• BRPD investigating murder of 69-year-old woman following Oaklon Drive burglary

  September 13, 2016 5:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge Police detectives are investigating the murder of a 69-year-old woman following a burglary that occurred on Oaklon Drive last month. Officers responded to the 4900 block of Oaklon Drive on Aug. 11 to the burglary of a home and found Earnestine Johnson lying on the... more »

• Close friends remember mother, teacher after her death is confirmed

  June 16, 2016 11:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Close friends of a missing woman gathered Thursday night for a previously planned vigil after being delivered devastating news: Their friend was dead. For the past week, Lyntell Washington's friends had remained hopeful she was still alive. After learning of her death, they remembered the person... more »

• Victim dies after overnight grocery store shooting Play Video

  May 3, 2016 11:17 PM

  BAKER - Police released new information about an overnight murder in Baker Tuesday night. According to Baker Police, officers responded to a shooting near the intersection of West Azalea Avenue and Baker Boulevard around 10 p.m. Tuesday. At the scene, police say they found 20-year-old Richard Devon Phillips... more »

• Sheriff: High profile cases have drawn killers to Whiskey Bay Play Video

  April 29, 2016 11:36 PM

  PLAQUEMINE - Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi believes high-profile murders have made Whiskey Bay a dumping ground for bodies. That's what he told News 2 Friday after a man from Texas was charged with killing his wife and leaving her body there. 28-year-old Elizabeth Ferrell's body was found... more »

• Victim's former co-worker, roommate charged in deadly stabbing

  April 26, 2016 12:15 AM

  ZACHARY - The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office arrested a man and charged him with killing his former co-worker and ex-roommate. David Matthew Lyon, 37, was arrested Monday and charged with 2nd Degree Murder. Deputies used fingerprints found at the crime scene to identify him as the... more »

• Unsolved BR murder case could be cracked by FBI phone cracking plan Play Video

  March 22, 2016 7:52 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Revelations that the FBI may have found a way inside terrorists cell phones Monday was optimistic news to investigators who are still trying to get inside a murder victim's locked iPhone. For almost a year, authorities in Baton Rouge have been trying to figure out who... more »

• FBI finds way to unlock terrorists' phones; Dispute brought national attention to Baton Rouge woman's murder

  March 21, 2016 9:05 PM

  SAN BERNARDINO, CA - The FBI has cancelled a Tuesday hearing to discuss a dispute with Apple over their desire to unlock the Iphones of terrorists. The agency says they've found a 3rd party with the capability to unlock the phones of the two terrorists who killed 14 people in... more »

• Judge seals interrogation recordings of couple accused of killing sex offender

  March 10, 2016 11:45 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A judge sealed recordings of detectives' interrogations of two high-profile murder suspects. The judge agreed with the pair's defense attorneys Thursday morning at a hearing that was scheduled after the WBRZ Investigative Unit filed a public records request asking the court to release the interviews. Following... more »

• Authorities investigate deadly shooting in Pointe Coupee Parish Play Video

  February 25, 2016 6:01 AM

  LETTSWORTH- Authorities are investigating a possible murder in Pointe Coupee Parish. According to the Sheriff's Department, a man was found shot in his car at the corner of Church and Johson Street in Lettsworth, located in the northern part of Pointe Coupee Parish. The victim was later identified as... more »

• Mother of murdered pregnant woman wants daughter's iPhone unlocked Play Video

  February 19, 2016 12:10 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge family is searching for answers after suffering the loss of a mother and her unborn child. Brittney Mills was killed in April 2015. She was pregnant at the time of her death. She was killed on her door step. Investigators still have no suspects.... more »

• Murder frustrates people who live near crime scene Play Video

  January 15, 2016 12:16 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Already, people living in one area of the city are frustrated with violence in 2016. " This community doesn't deserve it. It's frustrating," East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore said two nights ago at the scene of the first murder within city limits this... more »

• Authorities search field connected to Duplantier murders Play Video

  October 22, 2015 5:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Law enforcement agencies confirmed that information of a possible buried body at a Duplantier property sparked an hour-long search in Baton Rouge Thursday. Just before 6 p.m., Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said confirmed that someone told authorities that 42-year-old Ernesto Llerena Alonso had killed another person and... more »