HIGH NUMBER OF VEHICLE BURGLARIES IN LARGE PARKING LOTS LSUPolice Department officials noticed an increase in vehicle burglaries on campus after the semester break, according to LSUPD detective David Heroman. Out of the nearly 20 vehicle burglaries since January 12, items reported stolen include GPS devices, iPods, dashboard stereo systems and speaker boxes. The burglaries usually occur in the larger student parking lots on Nicholson Extension and lots near the Charles McClendon LSU Football Practice Facility. Heroman said students should remember to lock their doors and park near well-lit areas. Some of the burglaries occur during the day, though. Often times, a person will appear as if he or she is working on their car, but in reality they are stealing a speaker box or other car parts. Heroman said he encourages students to report any suspicious person in campus parking lots, day or night, to LSUPD at 578-3231. POLICE INVESTIGATING IHOP SHOOTINGPolice are investigating a shooting that left a man wounded in the IHOP parking lot Wednesday.The suspect exited the passenger side of a dark-colored F-150 pickup truck at about 2:30 a.m., walked toward the victim’s vehicle and began firing, according to a Baton Rouge Police Department news release. The victim was injured during the shooting and transported to a local hospital where he is in stable condition. The suspect fled the restaurant parking lot, at 3006 College Drive, in the F-150. Anyone with information on the shooting can contact police at (225) 389-3844 or Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-7867. FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE NEAR CAMPUSA fire destroyed an abandoned house near the University on Tuesday night. Firefighters arrived at the house on Tennessee Street at East McKinley Street at about 10:30 p.m. The fire was under control by 11:15 p.m. but destroyed the entire rear of the house, said Robert Combs, Baton Rouge Fire Department spokesman. Combs said the fire is suspected to be arson. No one was in the house during the incident. —-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]