Shakisha Perry, 45, died Monday after she was shot while sitting in a parked vehicle in a front yard near Broadway and Evangeline streets. The shooting happened around 10:20 p.m. on Nov. 4. Detectives say they do not have a motive or a suspect.
The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating the killing, WAFB reported Wednesday. Emergency officials took Perry to the hospital with critical injuries. She died five days later, on Nov. 9, according to police.
What Detectives Have Said
Police identified Perry as the woman killed. They have not described a firearm, named anyone involved in the shooting, or said what led up to it beyond her being in the parked vehicle in the front yard when she was shot.
As of Wednesday's report, detectives said they did not have a motive or a suspect. Anyone with information can call the Violent Crimes Unit at (225) 389-4869 or Capital Region Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-7867.
Last Year's Homicide Count
Perry's death is a 2026 case. It is not part of East Baton Rouge Parish's 2025 homicide tally, which The Advocate put at 94, down from 113 in 2024. The parish's high mark in that accounting remains 149 in 2021.
Baton Rouge Police responded to 71 homicides in 2025, about 12% fewer than the year before, the same report said. By September 2025, the parish was recording five or fewer homicides a month. BRPD's homicide-case clearance rate that year was 62%. The department arrested 11 juveniles for homicide in 2025, compared with 16 in 2024.
Those figures do not identify who shot Perry or why. Investigators are still asking anyone who knows something about the Nov. 4 shooting to call the Violent Crimes Unit or Crime Stoppers.
