Christian McClain, 26, was shot and killed on the morning of January 22, 2026, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The shooting happened about 7 a.m. in the parking lot of the WoodSpring Suites on Airline Highway. McClain was found inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound, taken to a local hospital, and later pronounced dead.

Baton Rouge Police Department homicide detectives opened an investigation. In the days after the shooting investigators identified a suspect, and on January 30, 2026, 24-year-old Jiren Graham was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a charge of second-degree murder. The investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone was in the area of Airline Highway and the WoodSpring Suites around 7 a.m. on January 22 and saw anything or has information, please share what is known.