About 2 p.m., a vehicle occupied by a mother and her five children was riddled with gunfire from a passing vehicle in the 1000 block of Swan Avenue, police said.

Three children were taken to the hospital after a drive-by shooting on Swan Avenue Wednesday, according to the Baton Rouge police chief.

Three children were rushed to a pediatric hospital after the shooting, two were reported as critically injured and one was seriously injured. One of those three has since died, officials confirmed.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Three children are in the hospital after multiple gunshots were fired on a car Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 27. Several Baton Rouge Police Department units and ambulances responded to the shooting that happened around 2 p.m. in the 1000 block of Swan Avenue, which is off Scenic Highway.

The car and three young boys were targeted on Wednesday afternoon in 1000 block of Swan Avenue, off Scenic Highway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana - with all children taken to hospital before a seven-year-o

Police are investigating after one child died and two other children were hurt in a drive-by shooting on Swan Avenue Wednesday afternoon.