Police in Louisiana's capital say they believe the recent killings of three homeless people are connected and they're urging homeless people in the city to stay in shelters as they try to find the killer or killers
The three victims were shot to death outdoors near downtown Baton Rouge last month. Two were killed in the same place on December 13, and the third on Friday, not far from the first scene.Investigators have declined to say why they think the shootings are related. An investigation into the killings is underway, police Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. said Wednesday.
Two weeks later, on Friday morning, someone called police to say they saw someone lying along North 18th Street. Responding officers found that Tony Williams, 50, had been shot and killed, Murphy said.Williams' body was found on the porch of a vacant house, WAFB reported. The scene was about two blocks from where Fowler and Corcoran were found.Murphy announced the suspected connections between the two sets of shootings later that evening.
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