One dead, two injured following shooting on Essen Lane near United Plaza Blvd.

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UPDATE, 7:08 P.M.

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A woman is dead and two other people have been hospitalized following a shooting around 5:35 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Essen Lane and United Plaza Boulevard.

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Authorities believe the two surviving victims — one of whom was hit by the gunman's fleeing car and the other shot by the gunman — were coming to help the woman who was shot and later died.

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An East Baton Rouge EMS ambulance responding to the shootings also was fired on by the gunman, but no EMS personnel were reported injured.

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East Baton Rouge sheriff's office spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks said the shooter remains at large.

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Essen Lane northbound remains closed due to the investigation.

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