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SU confrontation at Southern University leaves two students dead
A state investigating committee says local authorities must judge possible personal liability in the November 16 campus shooting at Southern University in Baton Rouge where Denver Smith and Leonard Brown were killed. The panel found the fatal shot likely came from an area where deputies stood but did not name the shooter or group. The report notes no evidence of firearms among students and cites a tear gas canister misfire as the trigger for the melee that ended in the two deaths.
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Baton Rouge
Southern University
Denver A. Smith
New Roads
Leonard D. Brown
Gilbert
William J. Guste Jr
East Baton Rouge Parish
Smith
Brown
Leon G. Nettrvill
New Orleans