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BRPD: Second arrest made in murder of Southern student at Cadence apartments

3 hours 22 minutes 22 seconds ago Monday, December 29 2025 Dec 29, 2025 December 29, 2025 7:29 PM December 29, 2025 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Police Department said Monday that it made a second arrest in connection with the murder of a Southern University student at the Cadence apartment complex.

Police arrested Quen'Braylon Dunn, 21, for his alleged role in the murder of 21-year-old Donovan Pugh. BRPD said Pugh, a criminal justice major at Southern, was killed in a home invasion at the Cadence at Southern University apartment complex on Dec. 3.

BRPD believes Dunn and 20-year-old Zion Buck, who was arrested by U.S. Marshals on Dec. 17, were trying to rob the victim. 

Dunn was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of first-degree murder, home invasion and armed robbery. According to BRPD, he has an arrest history of sexual assault and simple burglary.

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