Officer-Involved Shootings Kill Two in Baton Rouge, Lake Charles

Two fatal officer-involved shootings have recently occurred in Louisiana. In Baton Rouge, police responded to a disturbance call involving a 38-year-old man suspected of narcotics influence who was armed with a sharp object; after a Taser proved ineffective, an officer shot the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Both officers involved in this incident were placed on administrative leave as the investigation continues. In Lake Charles, an officer-involved shooting near the intersection of 12th Street and Seventh Avenue resulted in one man being shot and later pronounced dead at a hospital; no officers were injured, and the investigation remains active. Authorities in both cases have requested public assistance for any information and have not released the names of the deceased. Additionally, a separate boating fatality in Charleston County, South Carolina, is under investigation, but fewer details have been disclosed.