By Associated Press - Tuesday, December 5, 2017

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A man is dead and a woman is in the hospital after an apparent attempted murder-suicide in Baton Rouge.

Multiple media outlets report Baton Rouge Police say the shooting happened Tuesday about 11:18 a.m.

Sgt. L’Jean McKneely Jr. says the man, identified as 29-year-old Daniel Johnson, shot his 34-year-old girlfriend before turning the gun on himself. The woman, whose name has not been released, is in critical condition.



McKneely says Johnson, who lived in St. Francisville, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

The incident remains under investigation.

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