Concerns have risen about BadKid Tyraun, a member of the popular Baton Rouge-based social media collective, ‘Bad Kids,’ after a 15-year-old was fatally shot in a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Many social media accounts and obituaries are claiming the 15-year-old was BadKid Tyraun.
According to local ABC affiliate WBRZ 2, the teen who died in the shooting Wednesday near the intersection of Wooddale Boulevard and Lobwood Drive was identified as 15-year-old Tyruan Dunn by the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office.
However, the real name of BadKid Tyraun was not known and Bad Kids have not officially released a statement.
Ht.com cannot independently confirm if the 15-year-old identified in the fatal shooting death was the Bad Kid member.
Very few details about the shooting are being reported in the media, as of late Thursday afternoon. What we know is that the shooting took place around 5:30pm CDT Wednesday. The motive or the circumstances of the incident remain unclear. There is also no word on whether any arrests have been made.
This story is being updated.
