Exchange of gunfire inside Mall of Louisiana leaves 1 person dead and 5 wounded
Law enforcement personnel respond to reports of a shooting at Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An exchange of gunfire at a food court inside a Louisiana mall on Thursday killed one person and wounded five others and sent workers and shoppers scrambling for safety, police and witnesses said.
Authorities described the shooting inside the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge as a confrontation between two groups of people and not a random attack. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said some innocent bystanders were struck by gunfire.
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