Jalen Burrell Lee, 22, was shot and killed in the afternoon of March 23, 2025, on the 4300 block of Monroe Avenue in Baton Rouge. Gunfire erupted about 4:39 p.m.; when police arrived they found Lee with multiple gunshot wounds and already deceased. A 21-year-old African American woman who was with him was critically wounded and taken to a local hospital.

Police took two 15-year-old males into custody and booked them into the Baton Rouge Juvenile Detention Center. They face charges that include first-degree murder in Lee’s death, attempted first-degree murder for the injured woman, and illegal use of a weapon. One of the teens had a prior arrest for armed robbery.

Family and friends remembered Lee as a devoted father who worked at Hobby Lobby to support his young son; his funeral was held March 29, 2025, at New Light Missionary Baptist Church with interment at Southern Memorial Gardens. If anyone has information about the shooting or saw anything on Monroe Avenue that afternoon, please share what is known.