BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Authorities are investigating a shooting that left a person dead in Baton Rouge on Wednesday evening, Oct. 8.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Kyron Carter, 25.

According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the shooting happened on Tennessee Street at Buchanan Street.

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