The Latest: Friend talks about killing of homeless man
Source: Associated Press
Updated 1:28 pm, Monday, September 18, 2017
Photo: AP
Kenneth Gleason is shown in an undated booking photo provided by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office. Police believe the slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge were likely racially motivated and said Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, that they have a person of interest — Gleason— in custody. Gleason, was being held on drug charges. Authorities do not yet have enough evidence to charge him with murder, Baton Rouge Sgt. L'Jean McKneely told The Associated Press. (East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office via AP)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on the slayings of a homeless man and a dishwasher — both black — who were killed in what police say may have been a racially motivated attack (all times local):
1:15 p.m.
A friend of a homeless man who was shot to death in Baton Rouge last week says he heard the gunshots but did not see the shooter.
Terrell Griffin has a food stand in a parking lot less than a block from where 59-year-old Bruce Cofield was gunned down about a week ago. Griffin said Monday that he waited for the gunfire to quiet before he ran over to find his friend lying face-down on the ground.
He said he didn't see a shooter but spoke to others who did see a white man fire the shots.
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