Victor LaPharaohs, 22, was fatally shot and found with multiple gunshot wounds in a parking lot on Avenue J in Baton Rouge on June 30, 2025. Officers who responded to the scene were unable to save him; an investigation opened immediately into the circumstances of the killing.

Two teenagers were arrested in connection with the homicide. A 17-year-old, Eddie Monroe, was booked on second-degree murder. A 16-year-old was also taken into custody; his name was not publicly released and he was charged as principal to second-degree murder. Authorities noted Monroe had been released on bond weeks earlier for a separate shooting during a Christmas parade, with release conditions that included a curfew and a prohibition on firearm possession; the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney had sought stricter monitoring when he was released.

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