18-year-old dies during surgery after shooting on Bartlett Street

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - An 18-year-old man died during surgery after being shot in Baton Rouge Saturday evening.

According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Kendrick Jarmon, 18, was walking in a neighborhood a little after 6 p.m., when he was approached by an unknown male who started shooting at him.

Police said Jarmon was shot multiple times before he ran towards a backyard on Bartlett Street and collapsed.

Jarmon was transported to the hospital but later died during surgery the following day.

The shooter and motive are unknown at this time.

This is an ongoing investigation.

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