Father of LSU scholar shot lifeless says she was in unsuitable place at unsuitable time

The daddy of a Louisiana State College senior who was discovered shot to demise inside her automotive Friday morning believes her killing was a tragic case of being within the unsuitable place on the unsuitable time.

Paul Rice instructed Fox Information he might consider no different rationalization for the way his 21-year-old daughter, Allison Rice, ended up lifeless in her automotive close to railroad tracks in downtown Baton Rouge early within the morning.

Police stated the shooter fired no less than 5 – 6 photographs into her automotive as she was stopped at a railroad crossing round 2:20 a.m.

“The one factor that I can actually assume at this level is it’s a nasty case of unsuitable place on the unsuitable time,” Paul Rice instructed Fox Information. “She’s not anybody that had enemies. We don’t assume that she was being stalked or adopted.”

He added that the situation the place his daughter was killed is understood to be harmful.

“That specific space of Baton Rouge has a historical past of one of these exercise,” the Louisiana native stated.

Allison Rice, who had simply turned 21, had been out along with her buddies within the Mid Metropolis space of Baton Rouge previous to the capturing.

Police haven’t but recognized a suspect or a motive.

Paul Rice instructed Fox that investigators are working across the clock to search out his daughter’s killer, however have come up empty-handed to date.

“That is being taken very significantly,” he stated. “….However regardless of that, all indications proper now are there are not any leads. They actually don’t have an rationalization at this level…as of now.”

The situation the place Allison Rice was shot to demise doesn’t have surveillance cameras that may assist the investigation, he added.

Because the seek for her killer continues, Paul Rice is left making funeral preparations for his daughter who had secured an internship and was set to graduate with a advertising and marketing diploma in Could.

“That’s one thing that as a mum or dad I ought to by no means must plan a funeral for my baby. My mom shouldn’t must be concerned in a funeral for her grandchild,” he stated. “That is simply heartbreaking.”