Daylight shootings a menace and more

with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editor

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Daylight shootings

There have been an awful lot of daylight shootings lately, and in all parts of the city. Nighttime shootings are bad enough, but city officials are alarmed by the number of brazen assaults in open view. Paul Cobler takes a look today. 

COVID and medical malpractice

Joe Gyan takes a look at a lawsuit filed over Louisiana's decision to made it harder to sue health care professionals for decisions made during the coronavirus pandemic. A family says it was the wrong call.

Weekend election results

In case you missed the results, Baton Rouge voters went to the polls Saturday and picked a Metro Council member and set an April 30 runoff for a spot on the 19th Judicial District bench. Here's how the races went:

Metro Council 5 is here.

19th District special election results are here.

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