- June 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – We’re halfway through 2021 and it’s already been a record-breaking year for homicides in Baton Rouge. Now, some business owners are stepping up and looking for solutions.
“We have to; it’s hurting business, it’s hurting our city, it’s hurting our image,” said Justin Alford, owner of Benny’s Car Wash. “And Baton Rouge is better than this. We can fix this, we can get over it.”
Back on June 7, one of Alford’s businesses on Perkins Road was the scene of an apparent road rage incident that led to a deadly shooting.
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“It was so sad and it was so tragic. And every time that you see any kind of homicide or any kind of crime like this, your heart goes out to the families,” added Alford.
Seeing the crime wave in Baton Rouge literally hit his business, along with the rising murder rate so far in 2021, has made Alford want to act.
“We’ve had just…
