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18-year-old shot in argument over basketball game dies in hospital, charges upgraded for man arrested
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ST. GEORGE - An 18-year-old who was shot in an argument during a basketball game died, sources confirmed to WBRZ.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner said Christopher Joe, 18, passed away from his injuries.
Joe was shot on Thursday evening around 8:15 at Grace Life Fellowship Church. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Suspected shooter, 51-year-old Lee Andrew Johnson, was taken into custody in Livingston Parish and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for attempted second-degree murder.
His charges were upgraded to second-degree murder on Monday.
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