After the first quarter of 2025, East Baton Rouge Parish is on pace to see a slight decline in the annual number of homicides compared to 2024, but it would remain within its new normal of 100 or more for the year.
A man with an extensive criminal history that includes a homicide and kidnapping has been arrested in the April 1 shooting death of James Williams, Baton Rouge Police report.
Nearly eight years ago, the hazing-related death of an 18-year-old LSU student Maxwell Gruver resulted in a harsher anti-hazing law in Louisiana that made hazing a felony with hefty fines and jail time.
