Browsing entries posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009

• BR police identify shooting victim

  Posted by Kimberly Vetter | Advocate staff writer | on August 20, 2009 at 3:05 p.m.

  Baton Rouge police have identified the man killed this morning on North Marque Ann Drive as 30-year-old Lance Johnson of 26333 Millstone Road, Denham Springs.

  Officers found Johnson lying in the parking lot at 1819 Marque Ann Drive at 2:18 a.m., police spokesman Capt. Carl Kelley said in a news release.

  Police were called to the area to investigate a report of gunshots, Kelley said. When officers arrived, they found Johnson, who was pronounced dead at the scene, Kelly said.

  No arrests have been made and police do not have a motive for the shooting, Kelley said. But, witnesses saw a man wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans flee the scene, Kelley said.

  Anyone with information about the shooting can contact police at (225) 389-4869 or Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-7867.

   

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• Man found fatally shot on North Marque Ann Drive

  Posted by Kimberly Vetter | Advocate staff writer | on August 20, 2009 at 7:15 a.m.

  Baton Rouge police are investigating the early morning shooting of an unidentified 30-year-old man.

  Officers found the man lying in the parking lot at 1819 Marque Ann Drive after being called to the area to investigate a report of gunshots being fired, said police spokesman Capt. Carl Kelley in a news release. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

  No arrests have been made and police do not have a motive for the shooting, Kelley said. But, witnesses saw a man wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans flee the shooting scene.

  Anyone with information about the shooting can contact police at (225) 389-4869 or Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-7867.

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