By Baptist Message staff
BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – Louisiana Baptist leaders are thankful for God’s protection over the Louisiana State University Baptist Collegiate Ministry building, which was vacant at the time of an Oct. 11 nearby shooting.
According to WWL-TV, the shooting took place near the intersection of Highland Road and Dalrymple Drive around 8:40 p.m. Saturday during the LSU-South Carolina football game at Tiger Stadium. Two individuals were injured in the incident, which took place around 385 feet from the LSU BCM building.
Louisiana Baptist Collegiate Ministry Director Mark Robinson said that several front windows were shattered, but no one was inside the building. Robinson and LSU BCM Director Blake Grundy are cooperating with law enforcement’s investigation.
WWL-TV reported that there is no ongoing threat to campus safety.
This window at the LSU BCM building was shattered after a shooting a few hundred feet away on campus. Submitted photo
“This incident is a sobering reminder of the brokenness and lostness in our world and the urgent need for the peace and hope that only Christ can bring,” Robinson said in a news release to the Baptist Message. “We grieve for those injured and pray for their full recovery. We also pray for our campus, our city, and for all who are shaken by this violence.”
Louisiana Baptist Executive Director Steve Horn added: “We are grateful none of our students or guests were in the building at the time. We invite all Louisiana Baptists to join us in praying for protection and spiritual awakening at LSU, and on all of our BCM’s across the state.”
The shooting prompted Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to order increased security for LSU’s next home game, Oct. 25, against Texas A&M.
“I have ordered the Louisiana State Police to work with LSU PD, BRPD, and EBRSO to come up with an enhanced security plan for the upcoming LSU/Texas A&M game,” Landry wrote Oct. 13 on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter). “We will continue assessing the security to ensure all future games are safe. The level of violence and disruption will not be tolerated.”
