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Another broad-daylight shooting in BR

with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editor

Good morning! Lots of news happening in and around Baton Rouge. Here's the latest …


Another broad-daylight shooting in BR

A man was hospitalized after a broad-daylight shooting at a busy gas station on Essen Lane Wednesday.

Elyse Carmosino has the details. 

While the victim in the Essen shooting was expected to survive his injuries, a woman in Baker who was shot by her son succumbed to her injuries hours earlier. Here's what authorities told us about that shooting. 


 Emergency landing

A jet carrying former President Trump experienced engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico leaving New Orleans Lakefront Airport Saturday night. Here's what officials told us about the emergency landing that followed at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.


The not-so-short list

The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has scheduled six public viewings of 19 proposed new election district maps in advance of a March 30 vote.

Charles Lussier tells us when and where the viewings are set to take place. 


Thanks for reading, and have a great day. 

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