One person killed in shooting on I-110 northbound near Evangeline Street
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BATON ROUGE - A man was shot to death outside a business near the corner of Hollywood Street and Plank Road on Thursday.
Officials said the shooting happened outside of Uncle Moe's Food Mart and Deli around 5:30 p.m. Family identified the victim as 22-year-old Martrelle Hamilton Jr.
BRPD said Hamilton and another man were involved in a fistfight. The other man armed himself with a gun, and when Hamilton tried to return to his vehicle, the other man fired at him multiple times. Hamilton died on the scene.
There was not immediate information on a suspect or motive.
This was the first of three fatal shootings to happen Thursday night. The second happened on I-110, and the third happened on Glen Oaks Drive.