After an early Sunday shooting at a nightclub left 12 people injured, including 3 with potentially fatal wounds, police in Baton Rouge are searching for at least one suspect.
Baton Rouge Club Shooting; image credits -NBC News
What Happened In Baton Rouge Club?
At 1:30 in the morning, police responded to a gunshot at Dior Bar and Lounge. During a press conference on Sunday evening, Lt. Bryan Ballard, who oversees the homicide division of the Baton Rouge Police Department, described the shooting as a “targeted attack.”Ballard emphasized that the massacre “was not just a random act of someone going up and shooting Baton Rouge folks at random.” As of Sunday night, the police had not named any suspects or determined their motivation. Murphy J. Paul Jr., the chief of police in Baton Rouge, begged with anyone with knowledge of the attacker to come forward.
Investigation Of Baton Rouge Club Shooting
Authorities did not specify the sort of firearm used in the shooting at Dior Bar and Lounge on Sunday, citing the continuing investigation, and they were unsure whether more than one suspect was involved. The names of those hurt in the incident have not yet been disclosed. According to authorities, three officers were in a parking area next to the nightclub when the incident took place.
As soon as they saw people leaving the pub, they reacted right away, according to Sgt. L’Jean McKneely of the Baton Rouge Police. He noted that because business owners can ask for a police presence, the cops were present. The incident in Baton Rouge is the most recent fatal shooting at a nightclub.
Other Shooting Before Baton Rouge Club Shooting
After the Lunar New Year party in Monterey Park, California, a shooter opened fire at a dance class, killing 10 people and injuring another 10, just hours before the incident in the capital of Louisiana. According to the Gun Violence Archive, the two instances raise the overall number of mass shootings this year to 34.
Four or more persons, not counting the gunman, must be hurt or killed in a mass shooting, according to the organization’s definition. Five people were shot dead and more than a dozen others were injured in a shooting at Club Q in November, a nightclub in Colorado Springs that provided a haven for the LGBTQ community. Numerous charges of hate crimes are among the accusations made against the suspect.
When a shooter opened fire at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub in 2016, 49 people died. According to Louis Klarevas, a professor at Teachers College at Columbia University who studies mass shootings, shootings at nightclubs, schools, grocery shops, and other areas frequented by Americans have an impact on people’s actions and worries regarding going there.
According to a Pew Research Center study conducted roughly four months after the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, one-third of parents are “very or extremely frightened” about a shooting taking place at their children’s schools.
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome issued a statement following the shooting in Baton Rouge on Sunday, saying that authorities “will not stop our efforts until everyone feels safe & people stop using guns to settle disagreements.”
FAQs
1. When did Baton Rouge Club Shooting take place?
Ans. 22 January 2023
2. How many people got injured in Baton Rouge Club Shooting?
Ans. 12
