BRPD sees 20% drop in shootings, 15% decrease in homicides as 2025 ends

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – The city of Baton Rouge is experiencing some of its lowest shooting and homicide numbers in recent years as 2025 comes to a close, according to statistics provided by law enforcement.

Baton Rouge Chief of Police TJ Morse said shootings investigated by his department are down 20% from a year prior. Homicides decreased 15% in the same time frame.

“We’re really short, the shortest we’ve been in our department history and we’re still able to bring the crime numbers down,” Morse said…

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