BATON ROUGE — What was supposed to be a weekend of youth baseball, family fun, and charity quickly turned into chaos and fear after gunfire erupted near a crowded ballpark in the Gardere area of East Baton Rouge Parish.
Deputies say one person died in a shooting that happened around noon Saturday, March 7, on Old Hermitage Parkway near General Jackson Avenue, just outside BREC’s Hartley/Vey Park at Gardere and Traction Sports.
This area is usually packed with families watching youth baseball and softball games on the weekend. This particular weekend was a tournament with families coming from near and far…