CRIME & SAFETY
Standoff underway in Bossier City
BOSSIER CITY, La. (KSLA) — Someone is holed up a house in Bossier City, and authorities are trying to get them to surrender peacefully. The standoff in the 2600 block of Oakley Street started about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday (May 7). It began as a hostage situation, but the two...
Caddo road rage shooting suspect arrested, booked
CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A man suspected of shooting a trucker on I-20 was arrested in Mississippi and extradited back to Caddo Parish. Amanvir Singh is facing murder charges in connection to the fatal shooting of another man during a road rage incident in Greenwood on April 23.
2 small children rescued from hot car in Shreveport; 2 women arrested for child desertion
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Two people have been arrested for child desertion after police rescued two infants from a “sweltering” hot car in Shreveport. The Shreveport Police Department says officers rescued an 8-month-old and 2-year-old from a dangerously hot car that was parked at a grocery store on North Market Street. The officers were forced to break into the car, triggering the alarm, which alerted the owners, Jacqueline, 57, and Elizabeth, 25, Williams.
Man acccused of raping one child, behaving indecently with another
CADDO PARISH, La. (KSLA) — A Caddo Parish man is accused of sexually assaulting one juvenile and behaving indecently with another one. Caddo sheriff’s Detective Ray Saunders arrested 60-year-old Calvin James Lewis, of Keithville, on Monday (May 6) after allegations against Lewis were reported to the Sheriff’s Office.
Shootings, stabbings have some rethinking whether to party downtown
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — It was a busy 36 hours for Shreveport police after they responded to four shootings and a stabbing this past weekend. “I mean, did you hear what happened last night, girl?” one woman asked another. Another violent weekend in Shreveport left six people injured.
Teen injured in Natchitoches Parish crash
NATCHITOCHES PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A Frierson teenager was injured Saturday when their truck crashed on Hwy 117. The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office said around 3:57 a.m. the teen crashed north of Kisatchie and became trapped in the wreckage. According to officials, the 17-year-old was driving a 2007 Toyota pickup when they left the road and struck a tree.
Teen accused in Applebee’s parking lot shooting to be tried as adult
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - A teenager accused in a shooting in Shreveport is being tried as an adult, the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office says. Demariea Jennings, 17, will be charged as an adult on two separate charges of attempted second-degree murder for shootings he allegedly committed on March 27 and April 17. These shootings happened just before state law being changed on April 19 requiring at 17-year-olds to be prosecuted as adults.
Shreveport man missing since end of April
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The Shreveport Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding a missing man. His name is Melvin Galeas, and he was reported missing Tuesday, April 30. LATEST VIDEO FROM KSLA. Police say Galeas was last seen being dropped off at the Circle K at...
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