19-year-old Southern student killed in targeted shooting along Government Street

BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge Police are investigating a shooting that happened near the intersection of Government Street and South Foster Drive early Monday morning

Police say 19-year-old Roderick Forkner was shot in his car, which then ran into the sign of the Smoothie King located on Government Street, around 3:30 a.m. Monday morning.

Forkner was taken to a hospital, where he died Monday afternoon. A passenger in his vehicle was also hit by gunfire and is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries…

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