Early morning shooting took place block from Sterling protest site
BATON ROUGE - Detectives are investigating a shooting that happened early Wednesday morning just one block away from the site of a deadly officer-involved shooting the day before.
Police reported a 38-year-old woman was hit in the neck by a bullet as she was sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the 5000 block of Jackson Avenue near North Foster Drive at around 2:30 a.m.
She was taken to an area hospital with injuries that were classified as not life threatening.
The scene of this shooting is within blocks of the officer-involved shooting that took the life of 37-year-old Alton Sterling outside of the Triple S convenience store on North Foster Drive early Tuesday morning. On Wednesday evening, a vigil and protesters were present.
Police said they’re not sure if the shootings are connected at this point in time.
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Anyone with information on the incident is urged to contact the BRPD Major Assaults Division at 225-389-4869.