In the early morning of December 29, 2021, 42-year-old Muhammad Abdul Aziz was shot and killed inside his home on East Brookstown Drive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The fatal injury occurred after Aziz’s 17-year-old son heard a loud noise about 7:20 a.m., believed there was an intruder, and discharged a firearm. Family members found Muhammad Abdul Aziz dead at the scene.

Baton Rouge police detectives investigated and the teenager was arrested and booked into the Juvenile Detention Center on a charge of negligent homicide. Family members described Aziz as a hardworking husband, father, and doting grandfather.

Does anyone in the area remember details from that morning or have information about what happened inside the home?