A December morning fight in a Baton Rouge business turned deadly. Around 9:30 a.m. on December 19, 2022, 28-year-old Timothy Torshalln Stewart was shot during a physical altercation inside an establishment on Dougherty Drive and died at the scene. Homicide detectives took over the investigation after officers found Stewart had succumbed to his injuries.

Initial reports said the shooting grew out of a fight between Stewart and another person inside the business; the suspect was unknown as authorities appealed to the public for information. Detectives later identified 29-year-old James Keith Weber as the alleged shooter, secured an arrest warrant, and took him into custody on February 28, 2023. Weber was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon in connection with Stewart’s death.

If anyone witnessed the altercation on Dougherty Drive or has information about what led to the shooting, please come forward.