BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Baton Rouge police arrested a man in connection to a shooting that killed two over the summer.
Derrick Coleman, 37, of Baton Rouge was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon.
Investigators said the shooting happened around 4:20 p.m. June 27 on Townsley Street. Joseph Profit, 48, was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot multiple times. A second victim, Robin Hayes, 52, was taken to a hospital where she later died from her injuries.
According to an affidavit, Coleman’s father, Derrick Thomas, was fatally shot on the same day on Avenue J, an hour and 12 minutes before the Townsley shooting. Coleman believed that Profit was the person who shot his father, police said.
Coleman has previously been arrested on multiple charges, including simple battery, illegal possession of a stolen firearm.
