BRPD arrests felon accused of opening fire at Airline Highway gas station striking unrelated person’s car

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police have arrested a convicted felon, who, in March, is accused of opening fire at another person along Airline Highway and striking an unrelated person’s car.

Katrell Tipton was one of two people, the other being Jeremiah Tipton, accused of opening fire at a person leaving a convenience store at a gas station along Airline on March 5.

According to an arrest warrant, surveillance video shows the person the pair were shooting at leaving the store while holding a handgun. Katrell and Jeremiah Tipton then got out of the car they were in and began shooting at the person leaving the store…

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