BR Mayor Edwards considering curfew, penalties for parents in response to violent crime trends

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – A shocking video has sparked outrage in Baton Rouge after Roderick Forkner, a Southern University student, was killed and his passenger was injured in a shooting at a red light.

The incident occurred when one car pulled up next to another, and gunfire erupted from an automatic weapon.

The shooting took place at the intersection of Government Street and South Foster Drive in the heart of the city. Mayor-President Sid Edwards expressed his anger, stating, “I’m angry, angry as hell about it.”…

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