Nine people shot at fraternity house near Southern University in Baton Rouge - WDSU New Orleans

12:56 P.M.. WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS A BATON ROUGE. SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY UPDATING, BUT THERE ARE NINE PEOPLE, AND WITH A LIVE LOOK, WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS WITH A PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE READ IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT IS STARTING. LET’S LISTEN IN AND GET THE VERY LATEST. QUICK SAFETY MEASURES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. YES, SOUTHERN HOMECOMING IS ESPECIALLY A SPECIAL TIME FOR US AND FOR OUR FAMILIES, AND SUPPORTERS. FOR OUR SOUTHERN COMMAND HE. WE WANT TO SHARE OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE. WE HAVE SURVEILLANCE, WE HAVE A LARGE PRESENCE OF OUTSIDE AGENCIES, AND OFFICES FROM THE STATE POLICE. SHERIFF’S OFFICE, BATON ROUGE, COUNCILS, AND JUST TO NAME A FEW. OUR CONCERN IS THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY HERE. >> HE THINK THIS IS A ONE-TIME THING? >> I CAN’T -- IT IS ON THE INVESTIGATION LAST NIGHT, SO I CAN’T SPEAK ON THAT. BATON ROUGE POLICE ARE HANDLING THAT. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, IT WAS AN EVENT OFF-CAMPUS SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY. NO OTHER DEPARTMENTS WERE HERE ALREADY. IT WAS ALREADY PLANNED FOR THEM TO BE HERE FOR OUR LARGE EVENT IS HOMECOMING. WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING ON? BRINGING MORE IN THEIR WHAT’S GOING TO BE HAPPENING THAT I KNOW THAT WE ALREADY PLAN TO HAVE IN PLACE OUR, UH, SECURITY PROTOCOL FOR TONIGHT. SO IT’S NOTHING THAT. NO, WE ALREADY HAD PREPARED FOR A LARGE CROWD. WE ALREADY HAD OUR SECURITY MEASURES IN PLACE. ARE YOU. I’M SORRY. ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN YOUR SECURITY? YES, MA’AM. YES, MA’AM, I AM. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THE YOUNGER KIDS ON CAMPUS THIS WEEKEND ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS, THE FOLKS COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF BRINGING WITH THEM? WELL, I WOULD SAY TO. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. IT’S WE HAVE AN APP YOU CAN DOWNLOAD OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY APP. YOU CAN CALL 911, YOU CAN CALL SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILY. YES, OTHER CHANGES IS TO MAKE. WE STILL HAVE A CLEAR BAG POLICY GOING INTO THE STADIUM. YES, SIR. CONCERNS LAST NIGHT TO DO ALL THAT. WELL, WE ALREADY HAD THINGS IN PLACE. SO, I MEAN, THAT HAPPENING WHERE IT HAPPENED THAT CLOSE TO THE CAMPUS HERE. BUT WE STILL FOLLOW OUR SAFETY GUIDELINES THAT WE FOLLOW EVERY DAY. IS THERE ANY CURFEW THAT MIGHT BE PUT IN PLACE THIS WEEKEND ON CAMPUS? NOT THAT I’M AWARE OF. ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT CAMPUS CAN. NO, I’M NOT CONCERNED. I KNOW THAT BATON ROUGE CITY POLICE IS FOLLOWING UP ON IT. AND I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME GOOD LEADS. I’M NOT SURE. BUT I THINK FROM WHAT YOU KNOW, STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED. I’M NOT AWARE. NO, MA’AM. THIS HAPPENED. UH, I THINK SO. YES. MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. THAT’S CORRECT, YES. RIGHT. YES, MA’AM. TO HAVE THIS SO CLOSE TO BASICALLY THE GATES TO GET TO THE UNIVERSITY DOES THAT MAKE YOU GUYS A LITTLE ON EDGE? OKAY. WE’VE GOT TO BE PREPARED FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. WELL, WE TRY TO BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING ANYWAY. SO. NO, YOU KNOW, WE’RE PREPARED EVERY DAY. BUT JUST. THAT YOU. AFTER WE HAD INCREASED OUR NUMBERS. NO, SIR. ONCE AGAIN, THE EVENT, THE INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT WAS OFF CAMPUS. SO IT HAD NO EFFECT ON OUR POLICIES AS FAR AS OUR HOMECOMING. WE ALREADY HAD THOSE POLICIES IN PLACE. I MEAN, IT’S TECHNICALLY ON, BUT IT’S SO BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE CONSIDERING ADDING MORE. OH, OH, I THINK THE THE SECURITY PROTOCOL THAT WE FOLLOW IS THE ONE THAT WE FOLLOW ALMOST EVERY GAME, ALMOST EVERY HOMECOMING AND. AT THIS TIME, I DON’T SEE ANY REASON TO. WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE I MEAN, A LARGE NUMBER ANYWAY. THAT WAS THE PLAN ANYWAY. I’M NOT SURE. I’M NOT SURE YOU WERE THERE AT THE SCENE LAST NIGHT. YOU CAN DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SAW. I WASN’T THERE LAST. NO, NO. DO YOU HAPPEN TO STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE? NO, MA’AM, NOT. I HADN’T. THAT’S BATON ROUGE POLICE INVESTIGATION AREA, INTERVIEWING WITNESSES AND ALL. I SPOKE TO ANYONE. BATON ROUGE POLICE AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE RESPOND. OUR OFFICERS RESPOND TO CAMPUS SECURITY. OTHER THAN THE SECURITY THAT WAS HAPPENING, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN AND OUT. SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY COULDN’T GO. BUT THAT EVENT, THE 110, ANY RETALIATION FOR WHAT HAPPENED COULD SPILL OVER INTO UNIVERSITY. I DON’T SEE ANY REASON WHY IT BE ANY RETALIATION. NO. STUDENTS. THEY NO LONGER WITNESS HAPPENING. WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE NUMEROUS SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THOSE SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE. WE HAVE PULLED STATIONS. WE HAVE THE APP. WE HAVE THE POLICE PRESENCE. WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME SECURITY MEASURES THAT I CAN’T EVEN DISCUSS. BUT WE HAVE SURVEILLANCE. WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF STUFF UP HERE. SO I WOULD SAY THAT YOU CAN FEEL SAFE. DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU’RE EXPECTING TO BE ON CAMPUS? NO. NO, I DON’T. IT’S USUALLY A PRETTY IT’S A LARGE CROWD. THAT’S CORRECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT’S LEADERS WITH THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDING WHAT INFORMATION THEY CAN. IT’S CLEAR BATON ROUGE PD IS LEADING THIS INVESTIGATE ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN AND PUT THE PIECES OF THIS CRIME TOGETHER AND TRY TO MAKE A SPEEDY ARREST. WDSU CASSIE SHARPE LIVE AT THE SCENE. CASSIE, I THINK ONE OF THE MORE SURPRISING THINGS THAT’S GOING TO CATCH PEOPLE OFF GUARD IS THE POLICE CHIEF THERE AT SOUTHERN SAID THEY’RE NOT ADDING ANY SECURITY TO THE CAMPUS BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THIS WAS OFF CAMPUS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS JUST FEET AWAY FROM THE CAMPUS AT A FRATERNITY HOUSE. THAT’S RIGHT, TRAVERS, LITERALLY, I COULD HAVE WALKED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT FEET. SO IT’S NOT A VERY FAR DISTANCE, BUT THEY’RE SAYING THAT THE PROTOCOLS THEY ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE, THEY FEEL VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND OFF THIS CAMPUS. NOW, THEY SAID THAT THEY’VE ALREADY HAD A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS PLAN TO BE HERE, SO THEY ALREADY HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA TO BEGIN WITH. BUT THEY SAID THIS WASN’T THE FIRST TIME WE’VE HAD A SHOOTING IN THIS AREA FOR HOMECOMING TIME ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT AN INCIDENT AS WELL. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF A KIND OF PLAY BY PLAY OF WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR IS WE’RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT LED TO THIS SHOOTING LAST NIGHT AND WE STILL DON’T KNOW IF THEY’VE ARRESTED SOMEONE OR IF THEY HAVE ANYONE IN MIND THAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR AT THIS TIME. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS IT HAPPENED ON THE CAMPUS, RIGHT OFF THE CAMPUS AT A FRATERNITY HOUSE RIGHT NEXT DOOR. AND WHAT WE KNOW IS AROUND 150, IT WAS IN THE MORNING, POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. THERE WAS A LOT OF LITTER ON THE GROUND BECAUSE THERE HAD JUST BEEN A HOMECOMING PARTY. AND THAT HOMECOMING PARTY WENT INTO GUNFIRE OR NINE PEOPLE SHOT. NOW, WE DO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOT, POLICE SAY THEY’RE EXPECTING TO RECOVER. THAT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ANY NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. SO THAT’S ONE OF THE POSITIVE THINGS. BUT WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO JUST TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WHAT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOING TO BE DOING ABOUT THIS AROUND THE CAMPUS FOR THIS WEEKEND? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN TOWN FOR HOMECOMING DRIVERS. YEAH, NO. CASSIE, LIVE AT THE SCENE. I KNOW YOU’LL HAVE MUCH MORE COMING UP AT FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX. AND JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, NO ARRESTS MADE, NO SUSPECT NAME. THAT COULD CHANGE AS THEY FLUID ACTIVE INVESTIGATION AFTER NINE PEOPLE WERE SHOT RIGHT NEAR THE CAMPUS OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT A FRATERNITY HOUSE. WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE, LIKE WE SAID IN LATER NEWSCAST RIGHT NOW. LET’S JOIN RIGHT EARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMING WHE