A 19-year-old is dead after a shooting in the Scotlandville area of Baton Rouge, with the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office identifying the victim as Carlos Brumfield. The shooting happened on Monday in the 1300 block of Rosenwald Road, and the Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating.
What Happened on Rosenwald Road
According to WAFB, the shooting reportedly occurred just before 5 p.m. in the 1300 block of Rosenwald Road, and resulted in Brumfield’s death. A separate report from unfilteredwithkiran.com also identified the 19-year-old as Carlos Brumfield and said police responded to that same block on Monday for a shooting.
WAFB reported that BRPD said a group drove by in a vehicle and shot at Brumfield. No suspect, arrest, or motive has been publicly established in connection with the case, and the Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating the shooting, per the WAFB report.
Investigators Seeking Tips
Investigators are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 225-344-7867, according to the same WAFB report. No further details about the circumstances leading up to the shooting have been made public.
A Broader Pattern of Violence in Baton Rouge
The shooting adds to a year that has already seen significant violence across East Baton Rouge Parish. The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office reported 88 parish homicides through Nov. 2, 2026. Earlier in the year, WBRZ reported that Baton Rouge Police recorded 42 homicides within city limits through June, up from 40 during the same stretch in 2025, with both homicides and non-fatal shootings trending upward compared to the prior year.
Homicide totals for the parish have varied depending on the source and date of reporting. WBRZ’s report also noted that the coroner’s office had recorded 61 parish homicides as of July 6, while the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s Office reported 54 homicides in the parish at that point in the year. For 2025, the Advocate reported a final tally of 94 parish homicides, while a separate coroner’s office figure listed 106 for that year with others still pending — figures that are not directly comparable given differing counting methods.
The Advocate also reported that Baton Rouge Police responded to 71 homicides within the city in 2025, a decline of around 12% from the previous year, and that the department’s homicide-case clearance rate stood at 62% for that year. The coroner’s office defines homicide as a medicolegal term for a death caused by another person, noting that some such deaths may be subject to criminal prosecution while others are not.
Scotlandville’s Recent History of Shootings
Monday’s shooting is not the first to strike the Scotlandville area or the Rosenwald Road corridor. In June 2025, WAFB reported that a man was found shot dead in Scotlandville, with family members identifying him as 22-year-old Victor LaPharaohs; that shooting happened around 3:15 p.m. in the 9900 block of Avenue J and Woodpecker Street.
