A dozen people were injured in a Baton Rouge nightclub shooting, authorities in Louisiana said Sunday.
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Three Baton Rouge police officers were nearby when the shots were fired around 1:30 a.m. and responded to the Dior Bar & Lounge. They administered life-saving aid until emergency medical technicians arrived.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Although police have some leads, Paul urged anyone else with information about shooting to come forward.
Police did not say how many of the people shot were targeted. Paul declined to comment on how many shooters opened fire. Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome — who met with mayors of other major U.S. cities in Washington, D.C., last week, to discuss the issue of crime — called the shooting “a senseless act of violence that will not go unchecked.”
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