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BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, USA — Man Shot at Southern University Campus Apartments; Shooter Still at Large

On Monday evening, October 26, 2026, at about 5:30 p.m. local time, a man was shot at Building 100 of the University Apartments, student housing on Southern University's campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Baton Rouge Police say the man was hit by gunfire and drove himself to an urgent care clinic. The shooter ran off and has not been caught. The university says it looks like an isolated incident (a one-off attack, not a wider threat) and that there is no immediate danger to campus, but students in the residential area were told to stay in their rooms until police give the all-clear.

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Date
October 26, 2026
Location
Building 100, University Apartments, Southern University campus
Victims
1 man injured; name not released
Suspect
Not identified; still at large
Stage
SUSPECT ARRESTED

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Crime scene tape outside Southern University's University Apartments in Baton Rouge on Monday evening, Oct. 26, 2026. Photo: WAFB.
Police tape across the parking lot at the Southern University campus apartments in Baton Rouge. Photo: WAFB

Timeline

  1. NEW SUSPECT ARRESTED

    Update #6 — Two suspects arrested — no shooter at large

    Baton Rouge police have arrested two men over the October 26 campus shooting. Robert Washington, a Southern University student, is charged with negligent injuring and carrying a firearm on campus. Jiqueze Dillon is charged with carrying a firearm on campus. Police say a gun handed from Dillon to Washington accidentally discharged, wounding a student in the chest; the student is expected to survive. Both suspects are in custody — there is no shooter at large.
  2. Robert Washington (left) and Jiqueze Dillon, both 19, arrested after the shooting. Photo: Baton Rouge Police Department via WAFB

    CHARGED

    Update #5 — Two 19-Year-Olds Arrested; Police Say Southern University Shooting Was an Accident

    Baton Rouge police have arrested two 19-year-old men after a student was shot in the chest on the Southern University campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Monday, October 26, at about 5:30 p.m. Police now say the shooting was an accident. A group was standing around a car near Building 100 at University Apartments on Harding Boulevard. Police say Jiqueze Dillon, who is not a Southern student, had a gun and handed it to Robert Washington, a Southern student, and the gun went off while Washington was handling it. Police found this out from surveillance video and witnesses. Washington turned himself in. Both men are charged with carrying a gun on a college campus, and Washington is also charged with negligent injuring, which means hurting someone by being careless. Both were booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Monday evening. Police say neither man has a criminal record. The student who was shot is expected to survive. The shooter is no longer at large.
  3. CORRECTION What changed: Title now includes the state and USA

    MANHUNT

    Update #4 — Correction: Title now includes the state and USA

    Correction: Title now includes the state and USA

    Title now includes the state and USA
  4. CORRECTION What changed: Corrected the state to Louisiana (LA).

    MANHUNT

    Update #3 — Correction: Corrected the state to Louisiana (LA).

    Correction: Corrected the state to Louisiana (LA).

    Corrected the state to Louisiana (LA).

  5. MANHUNT

    Update #2 — Southern University Lifts Campus Lockdown

    Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, sent an all-clear alert at 8:15 p.m. Central time Monday, ending the partial lockdown that kept students in their dorms after a man was shot at Building 100 of the University Apartments around 5:35 p.m. One person was hurt. Police have not announced an arrest.

  6. MANHUNT

    Update #1 — Shooter still at large; student housing on lockdown

    Police are on Southern University's campus in Baton Rouge searching for the person who shot a man at Building 100 of the University Apartments on Monday evening. The injured man drove himself to an urgent care clinic. The school says there is no immediate threat to campus, but students in the residential area must stay in their rooms until an all-clear is given.

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