BATON ROUGE - Another shooting in Baton Rouge has left a young child injured, coming just days after a deadly incident on the same street.

Early Saturday morning, around 3:47 a.m., shots were fired on St. Gerard Avenue. A 6-year-old sleeping on a couch inside a home was struck. Police say three adults and four children were inside at the time. The child survived and is expected to recover.

The shooting occurred only two days after 22-year-old Jamarqari Burris was killed in a shooting in the same location. Baton Rouge Police are still investigating what led to the gunfire.

For Cathy Toliver, hearing that another child was shot brought back painful memories. Her grandson, 3-year-old Devin Page Jr., was killed by a stray bullet while he was asleep in his bed in 2022 during a shootout out

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