Mall Shooting in Baton Rouge Leaves 1 Dead, 5 Wounded

0:00On April 24, a shooting broke out in the food court at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge on Thursday, leaving one person dead and five others. Wounded. It happened around 1.30 p.m. when two groups got into an argument and started firing at each other. Police say it wasn't a random attack, but some innocent bystanders caught bullets too. They have five people in custody now, and there's no active threat to the public. People's first reported up to ten injuries, but updated that to five. Among the victims were three high school seniors from Ascension Episcopal School, which has the community reeling. Folks inside the Mall describe chaos, with shoppers and workers running, screaming and hiding in break rooms or locking doors until cops clear the area. Police Chief TJ Morse is asking anyone with video from the scene to step forward. The mall shut down for the rest of Thursday, with cop cars, helicopters and armed officers still on site late into the afternoon. This marks the second major gun violence case in Louisiana this week, after a father killed

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