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Police say bar fight led to fatal shooting

Associated Press - December 28, 2009 12:04 PM ET

ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - Authorities say a bar fight in a blues club lead to a deadly shooting in St. Francisville over the weekend.

The West Feliciana Sheriff's Office said in news release that deputies responded to a call of fighting and gun shots at Gerri's Blues Club early Saturday.

The found 21-year-old Terrence Brooks lying on the street outside of the club with a single gunshot wound.

He died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.

Deputies later arrested 23-year-old Eric Martin of Ethel. Martin was booked at the jail in St. Francisville on one count of second-degree murder, according to The Advocate newspaper in Baton Rouge.

Information from: The Advocate, http://www.2theadvocate.com

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