Demond Johnson, a 27-year-old Black male, was fatally shot on the evening of October 19, 2016, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The incident took place around 8:30 p.m. near an apartment building in the 2700 block of Alaska Street, not far from the campus of Louisiana State University.
According to reports, police were called to the scene where they discovered Johnson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the location of the shooting.
At the initial stage of the investigation, the Baton Rouge Police Department had not identified a motive or any potential suspects in the homicide.
To date, there have been no arrests announced in the shooting death of Demond Johnson, and the case has not been publicly resolved. Authorities have encouraged anyone with information regarding the incident to come forward to assist in the ongoing investigation. The case remains an unsolved homicide within the Baton Rouge community.