Baton Rouge man arrested, accused of shooting at group after stealing from car

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that happened on Sept. 21.

According to an affidavit, officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department were called to a Red Roof Inn, located in the 11200 block of Boardwalk Boulevard, about a shooting in the parking lot. Officers learned that two victims were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators learned that four men were sitting in the parking lot, drinking. The victims saw a man, later identified as Marquis Gross, 23, and an additional subject in the parking lot next to them, smoking.

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Officials said three of the four men walked to a nearby store to buy more alcohol, while the last one stayed with the truck. Police said Gross assumed all the men had left and proceeded to enter the unlocked truck…

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