The four gunmen are accused of opening fire on a car being driven by a pregnant women with her five young children inside on the eve of Thanksgiving. They could face the death penalty.

According to officials, emergency crews were dispatched around 7 p.m. One vehicle was engulfed in flames, while another required extrication.

The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred Wednesday afternoon in the 2800 block of Dayton Street, where an adult male was shot multiple times while sitting in the driver's seat of his vehicle.