MAN SHOT AT UNIVERSITY CRESCENT APARTMENTS A 22-year-old man was shot and seriously injured at the University Crescent Apartments at 4500 Burbank Drive on Sunday at about 2 a.m., according to Casey Rayborn Hicks, East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman. When deputies arrived at the scene, EMS had already taken the 22-year-old victim to a local hospital. Witnesses told the deputies two men in a brown truck followed the victim from Mike’s Daiquiris & Grill after an argument between the victim and two other people in the bar’s parking lot.The victim eventually stopped at the University Crescent Apartment’s parking lot and got out of the car. Then one of the men in the truck shot him.The brown or tan Ford truck with gold writing covering the entire rear window — possibly with the word “commercial” — was last seen headed east on Burbank.MAN ARRESTED FOR DWI A man unaffiliated with the University was arrested on June 26 at about 2 a.m. for driving while intoxicated and careless operation of a motor vehicle. Nicholas F. Phillips, 19, of 5324 Dickens Drive, Baton Rouge, caused a minor car accident on Highland Road near South Campus Drive, said LSUPD Spokesman Capt. Russell Rogé. There were no injuries, and Phillips failed a field sobriety test. A breath alcohol test registered Phillips at .174, Rogé said. Phillips was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. —-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Campus Crime Briefs
June 29, 2009