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Report: Lafayette Parish high school students among injured in Mall of Louisiana mass shooting

31 minutes 59 seconds ago Thursday, April 23 2026 Apr 23, 2026 April 23, 2026 4:29 PM April 23, 2026 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE — Three Lafayette Parish highschoolers were among the injured in Thursday's mass shooting at the Mall of Louisiana, Lafayette media outlets reported. 

Officials say two groups of people got into an argument in the Mall of Louisiana's food court and opened fire. Five people were shot and taken to Our Lady of the Lake, where one of the victims died. BRPD Chief TJ Morse said another victim was taken to a separate hospital. 

Lafayette news outlets said three victims are seniors at Ascension Episcopal School in Lafayette Parish. WBRZ spoke with officials at Ascension Episcopal, who declined to make a comment about the situation. 

Our Lady of the Lake officials held a press conference where OLOL President Chuck Spicer said the four victims are currently stable. 

"We all want to pray for the people who were impacted, and let's hope these things go away," Tomas Jacome said. 

No information about the identification of the deceased has been released. 

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