BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A man has been arrested, and another is in critical condition after a road rage incident led to a shooting in Baton Rouge on Thursday, May 23.
Stefan Scott, 21, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault by drive-by shooting, and illegal use of weapons in connection with the incident.
Stefan scott, 21, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault by drive-by shooting, and illegal use of weapons. (baton rouge police department)
The Baton Rouge Police Department was called to the shooting in the 9988 block of Florida Boulevard and started an investigation.
Detectives learned “that a verbal altercation precipitated by road rage led to an adult male suspect exiting his vehicle with a long gun, threatening another driver and his passenger,” according to police.
That suspect was identified as Scott. He is accused of following the vehicle that contained the two occupants.
At some point, Scott drove up next to their vehicle and fired one shot into the passenger side, according to BRPD.
The driver was hit and taken to a hospital in critical condition. The second person in the vehicle was not hurt in the shooting.
BRPD said Scott left the scene and headed west on Florida Boulevard. He hit two vehicles and was apprehended by police. BRPD was able to collect witness statements.
Scott was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Violent Crimes Unit at 225-389-4869 or Crime Stoppers at 225-344-7867.
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