Overview
- Gunfire inside the Baton Rouge mall’s food court Thursday afternoon left one person dead and five wounded, according to police.
- Investigators say surveillance video shows two groups argued and then exchanged shots, with bystanders caught in the crossfire.
- Police detained five people hours later, while investigators said others involved may still be at large.
- Dozens of officers, plus the FBI and ATF, secured the mall and asked witnesses to share video from phones or store cameras.
- Officials first cited up to 10 injured, then confirmed six victims after hospitals reported one death and five with varying injuries, including students, in a week of heightened violence across Louisiana.