MYSTERY surrounds the discovery of a college student who was found shot dead in her car after a night out with her friends.
Allison Rice, 21, from Geismar, Louisiana was fatally shot in her vehicle early on Friday morning.
According to Baton Rouge police, the shooting happened around 2.19 am on the 1500 block of Government Street.
Cops said in a statement: “Rice was shot multiple times while sitting in the driver seat of her vehicle. Rice died at the scene.”
The motive for the fatal shooting and the suspect remain unknown.
The college student was reportedly out with a group of friends in the Mid City area of Baton Rouge before the incident.
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It was when she attempted to make a U-turn when her car got stuck behind a train just a few miles from campus that someone started shooting WWLTV reports.
A source told WAFB that at least “five or six” bullets were filed into the student’s car.
Allison was a senior at LSU majoring in marketing.
LSU issued a statement following her death that read: “The LSU community is saddened to hear of senior Allison Rice being killed overnight.
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“Her family and friends are in our thoughts, and we encourage anyone who may have more information about this crime to contact Baton Rouge Police.
“Any of her friends and classmates that would like to speak with someone about this or needs help processing this loss can contact the Mental Health Service in the Student Health Center (225-578-8774).”
Allison had recently left her job at The Shed BBQ where she worked with her two brothers as she had an internship lined up.
Luke Forstmann, the restaurant’s owner, told the outlet: “She had just such an amazing, bright future, and everything was just on the up and up, and she was about to graduate.
“And it’s just so senseless and devastating that someone as bright as her would be taken from us this early.”
An investigation into the student’s death is ongoing.
