UPDATE: One person was killed and nine others were injured Thursday afternoon when two groups got into an argument inside the Mall of Louisiana’s food court and opened fire, Baton Rouge Police Chief T.J. Morse said.
According to WBRZ, the shooting began at 1:22 p.m. Morse said the incident does not appear to be a random act of violence, and that bystanders were among those hurt.
“It does not appear to be a random act of violence,” Morse said. “Two groups of people got into an argument at the food court and started shooting at each other.”
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The mall was closed and locked down following the shooting. Baton Rouge General Hospital, located directly across Bluebonnet Boulevard, also went on lockdown for roughly an hour. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital, about a mile away, kept their emergency rooms open but asked visitors to stay away…