Standoff ends with search of empty house

BATON ROUGE - Police were in a standoff for nearly two hours with apparently no one after reports of shots being fired on Hammond Street.Authorities were called to the home near the corner of Hammond and St. Katherine near the Airline/Greenwell intersection for reports of a man firing shots randomly.  From about 4:00 to just after 5:30, authorities stood outside the home, trying to coax the suspected shooter out.  Eventually, a special team went inside, searched the house and f