Ten people have been hurt in a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, officials said.
The shooter remains at large, Baton Rouge police said.
All injured people have been transported from the scene, police said, and all shoppers have been evacuated from the mall, Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards said.
Authorities respond to a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, April 23, 2026.
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The shots were fired in the food court, police said, describing it as a targeted incident during a fight between two groups, and not a random act of violence.
“I heard a loud ‘pop’ and then another ‘pop,'” a mall employee told ABC Baton Rouge affiliate WBRZ. “… I turn around and I see people dropping to the floor and then I saw the gun. … And he was turning around, shooting randomly.”
“I called security and said, ‘Shots fired in the food court, people are down, people are hit.’ And then the cops came and it was just total chaos … blood was everywhere,” she said.
“I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,” she said.
Authorities respond to a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, April 23, 2026.
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The scene has been secured, police said.
“Please keep the victims and their families in your prayers,” Edwards said in a statement.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said he’s aware of the shooting and is coordinating with law enforcement.
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