BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police said a sales transaction that turned into an attempted robbery left one dead on Cathedral Drive and Wyandotte Street Tuesday evening.
Neighbors told WBRZ two people were selling a motorcycle to two suspected buyers before they heard gunshots go off and one of the sellers yelling, leading them to believe it was an attempted robbery.
BRPD said Melique Etienne, 22, was shot and killed. Etienne was one of the attempted robbers and he was found wearing a ski mask and armed with a gun. Police said they are still looking for the other suspect involved…