According to reports, Thursday night, August 29, saw a shooting in Baton Rouge that left one person dead.
Darryl Edebiri, 31, was identified as the victim by the Baton Rouge Police Department.
At around 10:10 p.m., according to the police, shots were fired in the 4700 block of Glen Oaks Drive. While Edebiri and a few others were standing outside, an unidentified car pulled up and started shooting, striking Edebiri numerous times. After being brought to a hospital, he passed away there.
It is recommended that anyone with information about this event call 225-389-4869 for the Violent Crimes Division or 225-344-7867 for Crime Stoppers.
Baton Rouge is a city on the Mississippi River, and the capital of Louisiana. Antebellum landmarks include the castle-like Old Louisiana State Capitol, now a museum, and Magnolia Mound Plantation, with its French Creole house. LSU Rural Life Museum is a complex of refurbished buildings illustrating 18th- and 19th-century life. On the river, the USS Kidd is a retired WWII destroyer that is now a museum.
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