Jeffari Kaglear, an 18-year-old male, was killed in a shooting on June 14, 2026, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Online sources did not provide his race or ethnicity. The Baton Rouge Police Department said the violence unfolded that Sunday afternoon in the 1700 block of Boulevard de Province, where uniformed patrol officers were called at approximately 2:28 p.m. after a report of a shooting.
When officers arrived, they found Kaglear suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
He was still alive when first responders reached him, and he was transported to a local hospital. Doctors rushed him into surgery, but he died from his injuries. His death was later publicly identified by police and listed by gun violence tracking sources as a fatal gun violence incident in Baton Rouge on June 14, 2026.
The shooting came during what local reporting described as a deadly stretch in Baton Rouge, with police investigating multiple fatal shootings over the course of several days. Kaglear’s case was one of those homicides, separate from other killings reported that same weekend and early the following Monday. Authorities did not release details about what led up to the shooting, whether Kaglear was targeted, whether anyone else was injured, or whether there were witnesses at the scene.
As of the available online reports, no arrest had been announced in Jeffari Kaglear’s killing. Baton Rouge Police stated that no suspect or suspects had been developed, and local coverage likewise reported that police did not know who killed him. The case was described as an ongoing investigation, with police asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 225-344-7867.
