Police in Louisiana are still looking into the death of a student from Louisiana State University.
According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, on Friday morning, officers discovered a lady shot to death inside a car on the outskirts of downtown Baton Rouge. She was later identified as 21-year-old Allison Rice.
At least five or six rounds were fired into Rice’s car, according to WAFB.
Investigators concluded that Rice might have been watching for a train to pass. When they got to the spot, there was no train, though.
Before the incident, Rice was reportedly in the Mid City neighbourhood of Baton Rouge with several pals. She was a marketing major in her senior year at LSU.
In a statement announcing the news of Rice’s passing, the institution said:
When the cops came, the LSU student was the only person in the car. Her location near train tracks was reported by the authorities.
Rice graduated from Dutchtown High School in 2019 and served as a member of the homecoming court.
Principal of Dutchtown High School Matthew Monceaux expressed the school’s “great sadness” at learning of Rice’s passing and sent condolences to her family and friends.
In the neighbourhood of LSU’s campus, Rice also worked at The Shed BBQ. The proprietor of the eatery, Luke Forstmann, claimed to have just spoken with Rice about a planned internship.
“She had just such an amazing, bright future. Everything was just on the up and up and she was about to graduate,” Forstmann said. “It’s just so senseless and devastating that someone as bright as her would be taken from us this early.”
