Five Arrested After ‘Targeted’ Shooting at Louisiana Mall
By Cam Edwards | 10:00 AM | April 24, 2026
Shots rang out at a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, mall on Thursday after two groups got into what police are calling a “confrontation that left one person dead and five others injured.
Baton Rouge Police Chief TJ Morse told reporters late Thursday that five individuals were in custody, though as of Friday morning the ages and names of those arrested have not been released, nor have authorities detailed what charges each of the five face.
Three high school seniors from Ascension Episcopal School were among the victims of the shooting, according to a Facebook post from Lafayette Parish President Monique Blanco Boulet.
“We are heartbroken by the senseless violence that happened today at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge,” she said, adding that she was asking her community to “join us in holding all of these families close in prayer.”
Rachel Delcambre, a spokesperson for the school, said in an email that the school would not be giving additional information at this time “out of deep respect for the families and the sensitivity of this situation.”
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