Southern University’s Student Government Association will host a candlelight vigil at 6 p.m. tonight in the courtyard of its student union to honor the two students who were killed in Sunday morning’s shooting at The Cottages of Baton Rouge.
A memorial fund has been established through the SU System Foundation to support Lashuntae Benton and Annette January’s families, according to an SU news release.
“The Southern University family has been devastated by the recent deaths of Lashuntae Benton and Annette January. Each of these young ladies embodied the values and spirit of Southern University,” said interim SUBR athletic director Roman Banks in the release.
The two women were shot during an exchange of gunfire between Ernest Bernard Felton, 22, who was arrested Sunday night, and a 24-year-old man who was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.