警方称，在巴吞鲁日路易斯安那购物中心发生的枪击事件中，五名嫌疑人被拘留，该事件造成一人死亡，多人受伤。
警方表示，枪击发生在美食广场，称这是两个团体之间的战斗中的一起有针对性的事件，而不是随机的暴力行为。
巴吞鲁日警察局长莫尔斯(T.J. Morse)在周四晚上的新闻发布会上表示，官员们正在寻找更多据信涉案的嫌疑人。“调查还没有结束，我们相信还有更多的人牵涉其中，”他说。
莫尔斯说，已经从现场找到了一把手枪。
据巴吞鲁日警方称，枪击事件中受伤的五人正在当地医院接受治疗。他们受伤的性质尚不清楚。警方最初说有10人受伤，然后将伤亡总数更新为6人。
巴吞鲁日市市长兼主席希德·爱德华兹说，所有购物者都已撤离购物中心。
警方称，现场已被保护。
“我听到‘砰’的一声巨响，然后又是‘砰’的一声，”一名商场员工说告诉ABC巴吞鲁日子公司WBRZ。"...我转过身，看到人们倒在地上，然后我看到了枪。...他转过身去，胡乱开枪。”
“我打电话给保安说，‘美食街发生枪击，有人倒下，有人被击中。’然后警察来了，一片混乱...到处都是血，”她说。
“我一生中从未见过这样的事情，”她说。
警察局长莫尔斯说，官员们认为暴力是在某种分歧后开始的。“看起来像是后来枪被拔出来了，就在美食广场的一些食品柜台前交换了，”他说。
路易斯安那州州长杰夫·兰德里(Jeff Landry)表示，他知道枪击事件，并正在与执法部门协调。
爱德华兹在一份声明中说:“请为受害者及其家人祈祷。”
市长希德·爱德华兹在周四晚上的新闻发布会上说，“巴吞鲁日有一个团结一致的悲剧历史，这本身就是悲剧。”
1 dead, 5 suspects in custody in shooting at Mall of Louisiana: Police
Five suspects are in custody in a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge that killed one person and injured multiple others, police said.
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.
Baton Rouge Police Chief T.J. Morse said during a press conference Thursday night that officials are looking for more suspects believed to be involved. "In no way is this investigation over, and we do believe that there's more people involved,"he said.
Morse said one handgun has been recovered from the scene.
Five people injured in the shooting were being treated at area hospitals, according to Baton Rouge police. The nature of their injuries is unclear. Police had initially said 10 people were injured before updating the total number of casualties to six.
All shoppers have been evacuated from the mall, Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards said.
The scene has been secured, police said.
"I heard a loud 'pop' and then another 'pop,'" a mall employeetold 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.
Police Chief Morse said that officials believe the violence began after some kind of disagreement. "It looks like guns were pulled afterwards, exchanged right in front of some of the food counters in the food court," he said.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said he's aware of the shooting and is coordinating with law enforcement.
"Please keep the victims and their families in your prayers," Edwards said in a statement.
Mayor Sid Edwards said during the press conference Thursday night that "Baton Rouge has a history of pulling together in tragedy, and that's tragic unto itself."
