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Man dead after getting shot in head during fight with woman’s ex-boyfriend
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - A fight between two men has ended in a death. Just before 5 p.m. Thursday (May 16), Shreveport police were called in reference to a shooting near Union Avenue and West 74th Street in Shreveport’s Cedar Grove neighborhood. A man and woman were walking together...
Former SPD officer sentenced to probation, restitution
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Former Shreveport Police Department officer Jeffrey L. Peters, 55, of Shreveport, was sentenced Thursday to probation and restitution after defrauding the city by falsifying time sheets. U.S. District Judge Maurice Hicks Jr. set the restitution amount at $13,084. He also placed Peters on three years of probation.
2 women accused of child desertion
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — The recent arrests of two women on charges of child desertion also prompted a stern admonition from the Shreveport Police Department. Officers found a 10-month-old child left unattended in a vehicle May 13 in the 4300 block of Illinois Avenue. They arrested 23-year-old Shawnetterian Pearson on one count of child desertion.
Two indicted in death of Shreveport infant shot through apartment wall in latest grand jury filings
A Caddo Parish Grand Jury returned several indictments on May 15. This true bill included indictments in six murders committed this year. Which cases are involved in the latest indictments?. Jadavion Decorey Cooper and Dequavion Dangelo Pouncy. Cooper, 21, and Pouncy, 19, were separately indicted for second-degree murder in connection...
SPD arrests teen related to 12-year-old’s fatal shooting
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A juvenile was arrested in connection with an alleged car burglary that led to the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old in Shreveport. According to Shreveport police, 17-year-old Justin Houston was arrested and faces one count of burglary and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile as a result of an investigation by violent crime detectives.
Shreveport police searching for two people accused of stealing debit card
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Two people are wanted for an alleged theft. The Shreveport Police Department is seeking the community’s help in identifying two individuals involved in the unauthorized use of a stolen debit card on April 28. Photographs of the suspects have been released in hopes that someone...
26 students on board charter bus involved in wreck at E Bert Kouns/I-49 N; 1 transported to hospital
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Shreveport first responders went to the scene of a wreck involving a charter bus and an SUV on Tuesday afternoon. The crash occurred about 2:54 p.m. Tuesday (May 14) at northbound Interstate 49 and East Bert Kouns Industrial Loop in Shreveport. Shreveport Fire Department officials said 26 students from Calvary Baptist Academy were on the bus at the time of the crash.
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