BATON ROUGE —- Two men are dead after a shooting near the Baton Rouge Airport on Thursday evening.
It was around 8:30 p.m. on April 17 when BRPD officers responded to Veterans Memorial Blvd. & Sally Ride Ave, at the Baton Rouge Airport for shots fired. Upon arrival, one person was found dead. Then, officers found a second person, deceased from a gunshot.
UWK has learned it was a murder-suicide involving at least one employee from one of the rental car companies that is housed inside the Baton Rouge Airport. An argument is what’s believed to have led up to the murder. The shooter is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, per sources. Both men died on the scene.
The men have been identified as 46-year-old Almutakabbir Sims and 40-year-old Dominic York.
Police at the shooting scene have shut down the portion of the Baton Rouge Airport near Veterans Memorial & Sally Ride Ave.
No further details have been released at this time.
This is a developing story. As soon as more details are provided, the story will be updated. Check back for new information.
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