BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - First responders say one person is dead following a shooting on Thursday night, Nov. 20.

Emergency officials responded to the shooting in the 6500 block of Hanks Drive around 9 p.m. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office says multiple calls came in for shots fired in the area.

Deputies say it appears multiple individuals fired shots, but at this time only one person was identified as being shot.

The victim died. Their identification has not been released pending notification of next of kin.

This a developing story.

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