Martha Odom was identified as the person killed in the Mall of Louisiana shooting

Three high school students from Lafayette were shot in the mass shooting that occurred in the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge on Thursday. Martha Odom, a senior at Ascension

Ryan Johnson was in the mall's food court with a friend when the shots rang out, he told WWL. “I'm grateful to be alive," he told the outlet. "God's got me.” Johnson said he and a small group of others ran into a store for cover after hearing the shots. "I was kind of in shock," he said.

After the mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, advocates are urging policymakers to reform domestic violence and gun control legislation.

Law enforcement officials and Gov. Jeff Landry on Friday morning announced a press conference to share details in the case, it has been moved to 2 p.m. All updates from that press conference will be available on TheAdvocate.com and in this story.

A former North Carolina law enforcement officer was arrested for allegedly threatening a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival ahead of Jazz Fest.

Christopher Gillum was wanted in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, by the Department of Public Safety for allegedly planning to travel to a New Orleans festival to conduct a mass shooting and then commit suicide by cop.