A shooting at the Fountain Motel on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge on the evening of April 15, 2024, left 47-year-old Lucas Nolan Webb dead. The Baton Rouge Police Department reports the violence began when 28-year-old Michael Beverly opened fire on a group in the motel parking area around 8:10 p.m. Someone in that group returned fire; Beverly was killed by the retaliatory shots and Webb was struck and died at the scene.

Investigators concluded the person who returned fire remained at the motel, cooperated with police, and had acted in self-defense. The department classified the incident as justifiable homicide and closed the case without charging that person or making arrests.

If anyone was at the Fountain Motel that night or has additional information about what happened in the parking area, please share what is known.