Trucker Murdered While Repairing Big Rig's Tire

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The driver of an 18-wheeler is dead after someone opened fire after robbing him while he was stopped to repair a tire in Baton Rouge.

Police say 49-year-old Keith Odom of Jonesborough, Tennessee died at a hospital shortly after the shooting yesterday morning in the parking lot of a shopping center on Florida Boulevard.

Investigators say Odom turned over his possessions to the robber, but was shot anyway.

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