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Melique Etienne

Case from Baton Rouge, LA dated Jul 22, 2025

Victim Details

Melique Etienne

Male

Black / African American

Baton Rouge

LA

2025-07-22

22

Melique

Etienne

07/13/2026

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In what began as a transaction arranged on social media for a dirt bike, a young man's life was cut short in a fatal shooting. Melique Etienne, a 22-year-old male, died on July 22, 2025, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The incident unfolded around 6:30 p.m. in the 3700 block of Cathedral Drive, near Wyandotte Street, where Etienne and his alleged accomplice had planned to meet two individuals selling the vehicle.

The purported buyer, later identified by police as 18-year-old Markle Burris Jr., ...
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  • https://www.wafb.com: 18-year-old arrested in connection with deadly shooting
  • WBRZ: BRPD: Deadly shooting on Cathedral Drive resulted from online sale turned attempted robbery
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