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Man pleads guilty to reduced charges in connection to fatal shooting at Choctaw Drive night club
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BATON ROUGE — A man indicted in connection with a June 2025 shooting that left a 24-year-old woman dead pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced to five years in prison.
Scott Strickland, 19, was booked for the first-degree murder of Prenesha Wagner at an after-hours club along Choctaw Drive on June 22. He was also indicted on six counts of attempted murder.
On Feb. 18, Strickland entered a guilty plea to reduced charges, with all six counts of attempted murder dismissed. He pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to second-degree murder. The plea resulted in a five-year prison sentence, court records show.
Wagner was killed after a fight broke out between two groups at the club after a trail ride afterparty, an affidavit said. Police said several men then got out of multiple vehicles before they pulled out guns and started shooting at each other. Wagner was caught in the crossfire while running to her car to get to safety and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Multiple other suspects, including 24-year-old Derrick Scott and a 15-year-old, were also arrested in connection with the shooting, but no one has been formally charged with the murder of Wagner.
According to promotions on social media, an entertainment group called "Allnite ENT" was operating the after-hours club. Information from the Secretary of State's office shows that the listed owner for that LLC is Calvin Leverson.
Social media pages for the entertainment group say that they operated two after-hours clubs in the city: one on Osage Street near Plank Road and the other along Choctaw Drive near North Acadian Thruway. After-hours clubs in Baton Rouge stay open past 2 a.m., the required time for bars and places that serve alcohol to stop selling drinks.
The Big Blue House on Choctaw had only been open since April before the June shooting.
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