Joseph Mitchell, 19, was shot and killed on the evening of September 17, 2025, in the 3900 block of Eleanor Drive near Linden Street in Baton Rouge. Emergency responders went to the scene and the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office identified Mitchell as the victim. The Baton Rouge Police Department opened a homicide investigation immediately afterward.

Investigators developed a suspect and focused on a specific vehicle. On Friday, September 26, 2025, officers located that vehicle; a brief pursuit ended in a crash and the arrests of two people, DeKendall Hickman and Larry Thompson. Hickman was arrested in connection with Mitchell’s death and was charged with first-degree murder, four counts of attempted first-degree murder, illegal use of a weapon, possession of a machine gun and other offenses. Charges for Thompson were not immediately disclosed. Funeral services for Joseph Mitchell were set for October 4, 2025, at Greater Mount Canaan Baptist Church with interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Does anyone in Baton Rouge have information about Joseph Mitchell, the shooting on Eleanor Drive, or the vehicle involved?