BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – One man was injured by a bullet that ricocheted off the ground at a home in the 7000 block of Burbank Drive on Wednesday, March 1. The shooting took place around 9 p.m.
The man who was hit “showed up at the residence unannounced and uninvited,” according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office. Officials said what followed was a fight that started out with words being exchanged and ended up becoming physical.
EBRSO said that at some point, the homeowner fired his weapon toward a brick walkway. The victim was then hit in his foot by pellets. They were taken to a local hospital.
The men involved in this incident confirmed that the “homeowner wasn’t attempting to shoot other man, but just shot into the ground,” according to the sheriff’s office.
The victim received a summons for simple battery and the homeowner was charged with negligent injury.
