Monday, June 6, 2022 Business Baton Rouge sees decline in homicides but uptick in burglaries By David Jacobs - June 6, 2022 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailPrint (File photo) Homicide is down 10% in Baton Rouge so far this year, following a record-breaking surge of violence last year, Chief of Police Murphy Paul Jr. says. Already an INSIDER? Sign in.