The Baton Rouge mayor and police department gave a press conference Thursday on violent crime — one day after hundreds mourned slain LSU student Allison 'Allie' Rice at her funeral.
commander of the violent crime unit"I broke down. She looked so peaceful, and she had a tiny little smirk on her face," her father, Paul Rice, said of seeing his daughter Wednesday at her open-casket funeral
Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome addresses the media at a press conference in relation to the city's rising homicide rate on Thursday. Chief Murphy Paul told reporters that the Baton Rouge Police Department is taking these incidents seriously."Our police officers are working hard to keep you safe, and we’re going to continue doing that — and we understand the recent incidents are concerning to this community," he said.Rice’s shattered father, Paul Rice, said that at least 500 people came to his daughter’s open-casket funeral Wednesday.
The FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting in the investigation, authorities said.
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