On the early morning of December 25, 2025, officers responded to reports of gunfire on the 500 block of Wooddale Boulevard near Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge. Inside a parked vehicle on the street, police found 37-year-old Stanley Lofton in the driver’s seat with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died shortly after arrival.

Detectives opened a homicide investigation but have not released a motive or identified suspects. Police also noted a separate incident hours earlier on the 600 block of Wooddale Boulevard in which a juvenile was injured in an accidental shooting; authorities have not confirmed any connection between the two events.

Anyone who was in the Wooddale Boulevard area that night or has information about this shooting is asked to contact investigators. What did you see or hear that night?