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Three teenagers indicted as adults in March killing

16 hours 25 minutes 9 seconds ago Wednesday, May 21 2025 May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025 6:20 PM May 21, 2025 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE - Three teenagers were indicted for a March shooting that killed one person and left another injured. 

Malachi Cooper and Kentreal Hardnett, both 15, and Jace Jackson, 16, were all indicted for second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the killing of Jalen Lee. 

WBRZ previously reported that Lee and another person were shot along Monroe Avenue on March 24. Lee died and the other person, a woman, was critically injured. Cooper and Hardnett were arrested days after the shooting. 

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