A fatal shooting at a Baton Rouge fast-food restaurant left 41-year-old Dwayne Williams dead. The incident happened just before 2 a.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2025, at the Church’s Chicken on the corner of Plank Road and Riley Street. Williams was shot at the restaurant, taken to a nearby hospital, and later pronounced dead. An obituary lists his birth as December 10, 1983.

The Baton Rouge Police Department opened an investigation and as of late October 2025 had not identified or publicly named a suspect and had made no arrests. Authorities asked anyone with information about the person or persons responsible to come forward to assist the investigation.

If anyone was at the Church’s Chicken that morning or has video or other information that could help identify the shooter, please share what is known with investigators.