Southern University students killed in shooting Sunday

A former Southern University football player has been arrested in a shooting that killed two Southern University students on Sunday, The Advocate reports. The two students, track and field athlete Annette January and student athletic trainer Lashuntae Benton, were caught in the crossfire of a gunfight at an apartment complex in Baton Rouge near LSU’s campus.

Ernest Bernard Felton “was booked into Parish Prison on counts of attempted second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon,” according to The Advocate.