Man shot and killed while riding in car

Published: Apr. 25, 2011 at 8:23 AM CDT|Updated: Apr. 28, 2011 at 12:09 PM CDT

Detectives are investigating a deadly shooting in which the victim was shot while in a car traveling down a highway late Sunday night.

According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the 27-year-old victim was shot one time in the torso.

Investigators said the victim's girlfriend called to report her boyfriend had been shot while they were in the car together.

She did not know exactly where the shooting happened.

They were in the 3800 block of 38th Street when she called police just before 11 p.m.

Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.

His name was not released.

The shooting is still under investigation.

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