BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police officers have arrested one person in connection to a fatal shooting that happened early Tuesday morning on Marque Ann Drive.
Just after 4 a.m. on Aug. 26, Baton Rouge Police patrol officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 1000 block of Marque Ann Drive. Once they arrived, officers found the victim on the ground, partially in the road suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was later identified as 38-year-old Braxton Scott.
Scott was transported to a nearby hospital, but died of his injuries.
In their investigation, detectives developed Thomas King as the suspect of the deadly shooting. With the assistance of the Zachary Police Department and the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, Baton Rouge Police homicide detectives were able to arrest King in Zachary.
King is charged with second-degree murder and illegal use of weapons. He was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 225-344-7867.
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