BATON ROUGE – Juvenile violence in East Baton Rouge Parish has claimed 83 lives over the last six years, and police say the people committing those crimes are getting younger.
Baton Rouge police say the trend is visible in both who is pulling the trigger and who is getting hurt. Earlier this week, five teenagers between the ages of 11 and 17 were injured in a drive-by shooting and investigators believe the people responsible were also juveniles.
“The suspects are getting younger, the victims are getting younger,” Lt. L’Jean McKneely with BRPD said…