BATON ROUGE - An 18-year-old was shot to death Tuesday night in Bayou Ridge Apartments, and Baton Rouge Police are searching for the person(s) responsible.

According to detectives, Makhi Spears was killed shortly after 7 p.m. at the Ave L apartment complex.

Police say Spears was shot multiple times and died at the scene from his injuries.

A motive and suspect are unknown at this time.

Authorities ask that anyone with information related to the shooting contact the Violent Crimes Unit at (225)389-4869 or Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-7867.