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Police have identified the two people killed in a shooting near UL's campus following the homecoming football game on Saturday.

A grand jury charged four Dixon Correctional Institute inmates with second-degree murder in connection to the stabbing death of Cornelius Kelly, another inmate at the prison.

The shooting happened around 8:25 p.m. Saturday.

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Eric Taylor, 14, was walking in the 3300 block of Plank Road about 7:50 p.m. Wednesday when a vehicle pulled up and someone opened fire, striking the teen, according to a news release from Baton Rouge police.

Eric Taylor, 14, was walking in the 3300 block of Plank Road about 7:50 p.m. Wednesday when a vehicle pulled up and someone opened fire, striking the teen, according to a news release from Baton Rouge police.

A man has been arrested in connection to a shooting that left a 61-year-old dead in March, police said.

A former Baton Rouge pediatrician pled guilty to possessing child porn, including videos and images involving the sexual assault of children as young as 8 years old, according to the Department of Justice.

Holloway and the 11-year-old were inside at the time of the fire but were able to escape, the State Fire Marshal said Wednesday.

No officers were injured in the incident. The suspect was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.