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• INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Only 3 deputies assigned to work security at event where gunfire broke out, killing teen Play Video

  December 4, 2023 2:07 PM

  PORT HUDSON - Though 10 deputies were originally requested to provide security at a concert and ATV trail ride in Port Hudson over the weekend, the organizer scaled back that request and only three deputies were brought in to work it. The WBRZ Investigative Unit has learned that the... more »

• Child, 13, killed after Shreveport police chase ends in violent wreck

  May 21, 2022 10:33 PM

  SHREVEPORT - A 13-year-old died after a pursuit spanning multiple northern Louisiana parishes ended in a violent crash late Friday night. The chase began around 11:30 p.m. after Bossier City police officers tried to stop an SUV for a traffic violation on I-20, according to Louisiana State Police. Troopers... more »

• State Police: Pedestrian killed in St. Landry Parish was a teenager

  December 11, 2021 10:01 PM

  ST. LANDRY PARISH - A teenager was killed in a Monday (December 6) night crash on U.S. Highway 71 near Roy Baker Road in St. Landry Parish. According to Louisiana State Police, 15-year old Cheyenne Cesar Thomas of Ville Platte was walking north in the center of the northbound... more »

• 18-year-old dies after being shot inside vehicle near high school Monday Play Video

  September 14, 2020 5:03 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department are investigating the shooting death of an 18-year-old who was killed Monday afternoon. Police say Tequrrian Baptiste was shot while behind the wheel of a vehicle at the intersection of Winbourne Ave and North 38th Street, just off the... more »

• Gang-affiliated teen arrested in Christmas Eve murder Play Video

  February 5, 2020 9:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office says 17-year-old Koverias Garner, also known as 'Juice,' has been arrested for the Christmas Eve murder of a Baton Rouge teen. During the deadly home invasion and double-shooting, which occurred off Millerville Road, on Turret Drive, 17-year-old Gervonte Taplin... more »

• Affidavit says Max Gruver was targeted during alleged hazing ritual Play Video

  October 11, 2017 2:00 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Arrest records from the LSU Police Department reveal that 18-year-old Max Gruver received the bulk of the punishment on the night of an alleged hazing incident which preceded his death. According to an arrest affidavit, Phi Delta Theta pledges got messages Sept. 13 telling them to... more »

• 16-year-old shot, killed in Mid-City

  December 4, 2015 2:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A 16-year-old was shot and killed Friday afternoon in East Baton Rouge Parish, according to authorities. The shooting happened on Spain Street at around 1:15 p.m. Friday and the teen was found dead on arrival at unoccupied apartment, officials told News 2. Family members in... more »

• Alcohol use suspected in deadly wreck

  September 16, 2015 12:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police said they believe alcohol was a factor in a deadly wreck which killed a college-bound teen in Baton Rouge Tuesday night. Cpl. Don Coppola with Baton Rouge Police said Tashadow Gray, 19, died in the wreck which happened around 11:30 p.m. in the 4600 block... more »