BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating a shooting that left a 16-year-old dead Tuesday afternoon.

The Baton Rouge Police Department said the teen was found dead around 3 p.m. inside a vehicle on Cadillac Street. Authorities identified the victim as James Jarreau III.

The shooting marks BRPD's first murder investigation of 2021 after the area saw a record-breaking number of homicides in 2020. Another person was shot and killed later that same evening. 

Investigators have yet to develop solid leads pertaining to a motive and suspect(s).

Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to contact the Violent Crimes Unit at 389-4869 or Crime Stoppers at 344-7867(STOP).