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Crime Scene Tape

28-year-old killed in parking garage after shooting near LSU’s campus

By Will Nickel & Jayden Nguyen May 19, 2023

One person was killed Thursday night in a shooting inside a parking garage near LSU’s campus on Highland Road, according to BRPD. The body of 28-year-old Devonta Matthews was found dead “from...

Crime scene tape blocks off the outside of The Oliver Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, at 4500 Burbank Dr.

Woman dead after shooting at apartment complex on Burbank Drive, says EBRSO

By Reveille Staff Report October 19, 2021

A woman was shot to death Tuesday afternoon at an apartment complex on Burbank Drive, according to officials at the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. EBRSO deputies were called to The Oliver Apartments...

Crime Tape

LSU student allegedly assaulted in campus parking lot Friday night

By Reveille Staff Report April 12, 2021

A suspect who allegedly assaulted an LSU student in the East Campus Apartments parking lot Friday night was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. The LSU student said he was near...

The State Capitol building sits on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 in Downtown Baton Rouge.

‘Every shooting, every killing impacts somebody’s family’: BR Crime hits record high in 2020

By Henry Weldon February 20, 2021

East Baton Rouge Parish passed a grim milestone in 2020, and it wasn't COVID-19 related. On Dec. 4, the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office announced that it had investigated 125 homicides,...

Tiger Stadium shines bright Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 at night on N Stadium Road on LSU's campus.

Update: Arrest made after Saturday night assault in Tiger Stadium bathroom

By Reveille Staff Report October 26, 2020

Updated Oct. 26, 5:40 p.m. LSUPD made an arrest on Oct. 26 after a football fan was violently assaulted in a Tiger Stadium bathroom following the game on Saturday night. Gary Ramses Walker, 19, has been...

The Pete Maravich Assembly Center (PMAC) sits Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 at night on N Stadium Road on LSU's campus.

Two arrested by LSUPD after skateboarding in the PMAC

By Reveille Staff Report October 6, 2020

The Pete Maravich Center had company Sunday night after multiple skateboarders allegedly broke into the facility, according to WBRZ. Two skateboarders, one 19 years old and the other 20 years old, were...

Crime Briefs: October 17, 2013

By Zachery Carline June 22, 2020

Man unaffiliated with the University arrested for being forbidden from campus and resisting officers On Oct. 8 at about 9 p.m. LSU Police Department officers stationed in the Alaska St. lot were approached...

The LSUPD contact number sits in an iPhone Sunday, November 11, 2019, in Baton Rouge, La.

LSUPD asks public for help identifying man who fled from police

By Reveille Staff Report January 22, 2020

LSUPD is asking the public for help identifying a man who fled from LSUPD officers on Jan. 12 after being contacted as a suspicious person. The individual has a tattoo on the wrist of his right hand, according...

LSUPD has identified two suspects for the unarmed robbery at Private Stock Sneakers and Apparel Boutique on Oct. 1, 2019. 

Photos released, suspects not identified in Oct. 1 unarmed theft at Private Stock store

By Reveille Staff Reports October 11, 2019

Updated Oct. 10, 6:00 p.m. LSUPD is asking the public for help identifying possible suspects of the felony theft at Private Stock Sneakers and Apparel Boutique. Anyone with information about these individuals...

Crime Tape

Pedestrian struck near LSU on Burbank Drive

By Reveille Staff Report September 23, 2019

Update 06:49 p.m. Traffic Homicide Unit was notified of the incident, and the crash site itself on Burbank Drive is now closed. A vehicle in the 3800 block of Burbank Drive, near the University, has struck...

A squad car rests in the LSUPD station parking lot on Wednesday, January 11, 2016.

LSUPD, BRPD respond to shooting on LSU campus on Nicholson Drive, victim not LSU student

By Staff Reports September 13, 2019

LSU sent out a campus-wide emergency alert stating both LSUPD and the Baton Rouge Police Department were responding to a shooting on Nicholson Drive between North Stadium Drive and West Chimes Street. The...

Crimer's Raspberry Pi project transcribes and extracts crime data from police radio.

Is your area safe?

By Sophie Liberto September 6, 2019

Crime is a large concern for many students on the University's campus. In the past year, there have been several safety scares sparking campus-wide outcry and, more recently, a false report of an armed...