Lance Earl Robertson, a 41-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the afternoon of December 3, 2021. He was found in the 1800 block of Spanish Town Road with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene at about 4:43 p.m. Homicide detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department opened an investigation into the shooting.

On December 7, 2021, authorities arrested 38-year-old Luke Simmons and booked him into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Simmons was charged with second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon in connection with Robertson’s death.

If anyone has information about Robertson, the shooting, or was in the area of Spanish Town Road that afternoon, please come forward to assist the investigation.