Man, teen arrested in Florida Blvd. deadly shooting

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Authorities have arrested two suspects for allegedly killing a young woman during a shooting back in May.

According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, officers charged Naquez Preston, 20, of Baton Rouge, and a 15-year-old male suspect each with one count of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, and illegal use of weapons.

Naquez Preston — Naquez Preston(Baton Rouge Police Department)

BRPD reports that Madison Brown, 18, was shot by a suspect in a white SUV while sitting in the passenger seat of a car headed down Florida Boulevard around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18.

A spokesman with BRPD confirmed the shooting happened on Florida Boulevard near Sharp Road around 3 a.m.

Brown died at the scene.

There were two other people in the car who were not harmed by gunfire, police added.

Authorities with the Baton Rouge Police Department are investigating a shooting that left a young woman dead early Wednesday, May 18.

Police arrested Preston on Aug. 11 and booked him into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. They arrested the 15-year-old suspect on Aug. 10 and booked him into the Juvenile Detention Center.

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