Justin Jamel King, 27, a Black man, was killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the early morning hours of July 6, 2013, after gunfire erupted inside a home on St. Katherine Avenue. Police were dispatched around 1:30 a.m. on reports of shots fired, and when officers arrived they found King badly wounded from multiple gunshot injuries inside the residence at 6069 St. Katherine Ave. He was rushed for medical care, but he later died at the hospital.
The shooting wasn’t confined to him alone. Another man, reported to be 22 years old, was also shot during the same incident. Unlike King, the injured man was able to get himself to a hospital and was expected to survive, a detail that underscored how sudden and chaotic the violence was—one victim fighting to live while another’s injuries proved beyond saving.
In the sources available, no suspect is publicly identified and no arrest is described in connection with King’s killing. The incident is presented as an active homicide investigation at the time, with the known facts centering on the location, the hour of the call, and the severity of the wounds, rather than a named shooter, a motive, or a clear chain of events leading up to the shots.
In the days that followed, King’s death was also marked by family remembrance in Baton Rouge, with obituary information noting his birth on April 1, 1986, and describing the family he left behind, including six children, as loved ones prepared services to say goodbye.
