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SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Shreveport police are investigating a report of a shooting. It happened in the 2500 block of Youree Drive at 3:25 p.m. Monday, June 27, Caddo 911 dispatch records show. KSLA News 12 has been told that a man was shot twice. He has since been...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Police are investigating a shooting outside the probation and parole office in Shreveport Monday afternoon that left a man seriously wounded. It happened around 3:30 p.m. outside the state Adult Probation & Parole office in the 2500 block of Youree, between Dalzell and East Washington. Police say the victim was shot multiple times and taken to the hospital.

SHREVEPORT, La. - Bullets were flying in the 1000 block of Quail Creek Road early Sunday evening. At least two people were arrested, but luckily there were no reports of any injuries. It happened at The Jolie of Shreveport apartment complex. The KTBS 3 news crew on the scene spotted...

On Saturday, June 25th, Shreveport Police patrol officers responded to a gunshots fired call at the 5800 block of Line Ave where officers discovered a male victim, identified as Donald Gonsoulin, 60, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Officers on the scene contacted another male, Harry Dublin, 60, who advised officers he was the one responsible for the shooting.

A shooting took place in front of the Louisiana Probation and Parole office at 2525 Youree Drive in Shreveport Monday afternoon.  According to Sgt. Chris Bordelon of the Shreveport Police Department, officers responded to calls of "shots fired" at the probation office to find a male victim that had been shot multiple times. ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Shreveport police are investigating a shooting Monday afternoon at the Louisiana Probation and Parole Office on Youree Drive. The victim was shot multiple times and taken to Ochsner LSU Health for treatment of what was described as serious injuries. Police spokesman Chris Bordelon said officers were unsure...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Jury selection got underway Monday afternoon in the trial of the man accused in the murder of a Shreveport couple whose bodies were found in their burned-out car in November 2018. Willie DeWayne Watkins, 37, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the...

Gunfire broke out on Youree Drive in Shreveport this afternoon, in broad daylight. Witnesses say that it sounded like more than 10 shots were fired, and more than 15 emergency units were on the scene Monday afternoon. Reports now indicate that the shooting took place at the State of Louisiana...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Funeral arrangements have been set for Shreveport City Marshal Charlie Caldwell Jr., who died June 16 after he fell overboard from a boat while vacationing in Florida. Visitation will be held Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Summer Grove Baptist Church. The funeral will be...

Bossier Sheriff’s Office is investigating a kidnapping that led to an officer-involved shooting involving a Bossier Sheriff’s Office deputy. Early Sunday (6/26/22) evening, dispatchers received a call from a man who lives on Jones Road in the southern part of the parish saying he was kidnapped at gunpoint by Marcus Thomas. The victim said he was let go after a short time by the suspect on Oilfield Road.

The Shreveport City Council is considering a measure to change the hours for bars and nightclubs in the city. Councilman Jerry Bowman is proposing an ordinance to require the businesses outside of the downtown district to close at 2am. What Does this Measure Say?. The retail dealer is hereby permitted...

Shreveport Police Department has released the names of the individuals involved in Saturday's road rage incident at Brookshire's on Line Avenue.  On June 25, Shreveport Police Department were called to the 5800 block of Line Avenue just before 1:45 p.m. Upon arrival, officers located Donald Gonsoulin in his vehicle with a gunshot wound. ...

My Friend Happened Upon a Scary Situation on Saturday. I was on the phone with my friend when she and her daughter drove up to a very busy parking lot. Not because Saturday is a popular day to get some grocery shopping done, but because a man had been shot in the Uptown Shopping Center. She claimed there were cops everywhere and several reporters were driving in.

Abortion care may resume in the state — for now.

A state district judge in New Orleans on Monday temporarily lifted Louisiana’s abortion ban until July 8, when the court will consider a legal challenge to the ban from a Shreveport abortion clinic, the clinic’s administrator and a medical student abortion rights organization based at Tulane University. “Hoping to start procedures again tomorrow. We have […] The post Louisiana abortion ban temporarily lifted by New Orleans judge appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.

SHREVEPORT, La. – Jury selection got underway Monday afternoon in the trial of a man accused in the shooting deaths of a couple he allegedly kidnapped from a Shreveport mall. Dewayne Watkins, 38, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the Nov. 8, 2018 deaths of Kelly...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office released the identity of the man shot and killed outside a west Shreveport gas station. Dispatchers got the call at 11:33 p.m. on June 25 to the Shell gas station at the corner of W 70th Street and Buncombe Road. That’s just off the Terry Bradshaw Passway.

As the battleground over abortion rights shifted Monday to courthouses around the country, Louisiana took center stage when a New Orleans judge temporarily blocked enforcement of a "trigger law" banning abortions and the state's three clinics announced they would resume procedures in the coming days. The clinics in New Orleans,...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A gunfire exchange in the parking lot of a Shreve Island neighborhood apartment complex is under investigation. Police responded to the scene on the 1000 block of Quail Creek Rd. to find that people in two vehicles opened fire around 5:40 p.m. Officials say there is damage to vehicles in the lot, but no apartments were hit in the shooting. A female was on the ground when officers arrived, but she ran from the scene.