On June 22, 2020, at about 3:15 p.m. on Fairfields Avenue in Baton Rouge, 29-year-old Gary Fielding was shot and killed. The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office reported he sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. A 21-year-old woman was also shot; her injuries were not life-threatening and she was taken to a local hospital.

Baton Rouge police identified and arrested 23-year-old Trenton Taplin of Sherwood Street shortly after the shooting. Taplin was charged with first-degree murder in Fielding’s death and attempted first-degree murder for the woman’s injuries and was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Officials have not disclosed a motive for the altercation that reportedly escalated into the shooting.

If anyone witnessed the incident on Fairfields Avenue or has information about what led to the confrontation, please come forward.