Trial for the driver is over. He was convicted and got the death penalty. The shooters trial is supposed to start in Jan. 09. I will keep you updated if anything changes though. Thanks for checking on everything and we are all still just taking it one day at a time. Thanks again.Lacey
backstory...(september 8th, two years ago)
LSU student and Olive Garden employee Aaron Arnold was shot and fatally wounded late Friday in the parking lot of the Italian restaurant during an attempted armed robbery as he filled a co-workers car with gasoline.Arnold, 21, 4405 39th St., Zachary, died about 12:15 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, said Raymond Levie, chief of investigations for the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroners Office.He bled to death from gunshot wounds, Levie said.East Baton Rouge Parish sheriffs deputies released few details about the shooting and would not identify the other victim, but Arnolds mother, Terry Arnold, said her son was helping fill a co-workers car with gas after it had run out of fuel.He went across the street, got gas, and came back. Thats the kind of kid he was, said Arnold between tearful sobs. He was my baby.Arnold said her son was a pre-medical student at LSU who had recently moved back to Zachary to help build an apartment at the familys home and save money after recently purchasing a Porsche sports car.It was a 1999, but it looked new and he saved up for it, Arnold said. He was so proud, but he wasnt proud in a show-off way. He said it was to remind him of his goals in life. He wanted to go places.Although in recent years his busy class and work schedules didnt allow it, Aaron Arnold was a former baseball and basketball player at Bethany Christian High School in Baker. He left the school toward the end to attend Zachary High School, not out of spite or because he got into trouble, but to attend college prep courses.He enjoyed lifting weights, took an interest in architecture and was looking forward to medical school.His mother said he was a family guy who loved his sisters, his nephews and surprising his parents with invitations to lunch when he got off work early.He did not have a lot of spare time, Arnold wept. But if you needed something or a shoulder to cry on, he was always there I cant believe it.Although a late-night phone call from the restaurant manager did not reveal all the answers, the Sheriffs Office said hours later Arnold and the girl were in the rear parking lot about 11:45 p.m. when they were approached by two black men demanding money.One of the men shot both victims and fled the scene in a white four-door car heading east on Siegen Lane, the Sheriffs Office reported.Authorities describe the driver as a black man with short hair and a thin mustache who was wearing a blue and white striped shirt. The passenger is described as a dark-skinned black man in his early 20s with braided hair who was wearing a white T-shirt.Steve Coe, media spokesman for the Orlando, Fla.-based restaurant chain, said the two victims were both employed as servers in the restaurant, which is situated in the busy Siegen Plaza Shopping Center.Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of both, Coe said. Right now, our focus is to help our staff recover. Obviously, they are devastated by this senseless act.Coe said the restaurant was staffed Saturday with employees from other locations, and that regular employees had been invited to come to the restaurant to be together.Saturday afternoon, the restaurant appeared to be functioning as usual, but a small group of employees stood in the rear parking lot, talking, occasionally embracing and some were in tears. Corporate representatives hovered around the group, fending off reporters and photographers.Cheri Lynn Bogan of Zachary knew Arnold since high school. Like Bogan, Arnold was in his third year at LSU.He was just a very fun person, Bogan said, He had a very outgoing personality.Bogan said the last time she saw Arnold was in June.Its kind of funny, she said. It was at the Baton Rouge Courthouse. Wed both had speeding tickets and were taking the driving class.In January, an 81-year-old man was shot and wounded in the nearby Target parking lot, and there have been other robbery incidents in that mostly commercial area of Siegen Lane during the last several years, including a string of hotel-motel armed robberies in 2003.
backstory...(september 8th, two years ago)
LSU student and Olive Garden employee Aaron Arnold was shot and fatally wounded late Friday in the parking lot of the Italian restaurant during an attempted armed robbery as he filled a co-workers car with gasoline.Arnold, 21, 4405 39th St., Zachary, died about 12:15 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, said Raymond Levie, chief of investigations for the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroners Office.He bled to death from gunshot wounds, Levie said.East Baton Rouge Parish sheriffs deputies released few details about the shooting and would not identify the other victim, but Arnolds mother, Terry Arnold, said her son was helping fill a co-workers car with gas after it had run out of fuel.He went across the street, got gas, and came back. Thats the kind of kid he was, said Arnold between tearful sobs. He was my baby.Arnold said her son was a pre-medical student at LSU who had recently moved back to Zachary to help build an apartment at the familys home and save money after recently purchasing a Porsche sports car.It was a 1999, but it looked new and he saved up for it, Arnold said. He was so proud, but he wasnt proud in a show-off way. He said it was to remind him of his goals in life. He wanted to go places.Although in recent years his busy class and work schedules didnt allow it, Aaron Arnold was a former baseball and basketball player at Bethany Christian High School in Baker. He left the school toward the end to attend Zachary High School, not out of spite or because he got into trouble, but to attend college prep courses.He enjoyed lifting weights, took an interest in architecture and was looking forward to medical school.His mother said he was a family guy who loved his sisters, his nephews and surprising his parents with invitations to lunch when he got off work early.He did not have a lot of spare time, Arnold wept. But if you needed something or a shoulder to cry on, he was always there I cant believe it.Although a late-night phone call from the restaurant manager did not reveal all the answers, the Sheriffs Office said hours later Arnold and the girl were in the rear parking lot about 11:45 p.m. when they were approached by two black men demanding money.One of the men shot both victims and fled the scene in a white four-door car heading east on Siegen Lane, the Sheriffs Office reported.Authorities describe the driver as a black man with short hair and a thin mustache who was wearing a blue and white striped shirt. The passenger is described as a dark-skinned black man in his early 20s with braided hair who was wearing a white T-shirt.Steve Coe, media spokesman for the Orlando, Fla.-based restaurant chain, said the two victims were both employed as servers in the restaurant, which is situated in the busy Siegen Plaza Shopping Center.Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of both, Coe said. Right now, our focus is to help our staff recover. Obviously, they are devastated by this senseless act.Coe said the restaurant was staffed Saturday with employees from other locations, and that regular employees had been invited to come to the restaurant to be together.Saturday afternoon, the restaurant appeared to be functioning as usual, but a small group of employees stood in the rear parking lot, talking, occasionally embracing and some were in tears. Corporate representatives hovered around the group, fending off reporters and photographers.Cheri Lynn Bogan of Zachary knew Arnold since high school. Like Bogan, Arnold was in his third year at LSU.He was just a very fun person, Bogan said, He had a very outgoing personality.Bogan said the last time she saw Arnold was in June.Its kind of funny, she said. It was at the Baton Rouge Courthouse. Wed both had speeding tickets and were taking the driving class.In January, an 81-year-old man was shot and wounded in the nearby Target parking lot, and there have been other robbery incidents in that mostly commercial area of Siegen Lane during the last several years, including a string of hotel-motel armed robberies in 2003.
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