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Caddo Grand Jury Returns Five True Bills
The Caddo Parish Grand Jury returned five true bills in its session that ended July 18, 2024. Four of the indictments concerned recent murders, while other charges involved weapons crimes and sexual assaults. Shemika Draper Johnson, Michael Keith McKnight, Keelon Bernard Nelson and Lederrick Dewayne Gant all were indicted for...
Caddo Parish Violent Offenders July 13th-19th
The following booking-photos are those who were booked in to Caddo Correctional Center for crimes of a violent or sexual nature. The people pictured are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Art. 234. Booking photographs. (1) "Booking photograph" means a photograph or still, non-video image of...
Victim identified in Kennedy Drive shooting
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Shreveport police responded to a shooting just before 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17. Officers arrived and found 24-year-old Jaden Barnhill suffering from two gunshot wounds inside a home in the 4700 block of Kennedy Drive. He was pronounced dead on the scene. Barnhill’s death marks...
Shreveport man arrested alleged possession of child pornography
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Caddo Parish deputies investigated a man’s home and reportedly found multiple files of child porn. On July 18, the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Allen K. Jackson, 20 for the alleged possession of child pornography. The arrest comes following an investigation at Jackson’s residence...
USPS mail truck damaged after collision with pick up truck in Caddo Parish
On Thursday afternoon just before 4:30 PM, emergency units from Caddo Fire District 6, Caddo Fire District 4, and the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office responded to a collision at the intersection of Fountainbleau Rd and Mansfield Rd. involving a large pickup truck traveling southbound on Mansfield and a USPS Mail Truck .
4 of 5 indicted by Caddo grand jury are accused in separate homicides
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Four of five people indicted Thursday by a Caddo Parish grand jury are accused in separate homicides, while other charges involve weapons crimes and sexual assaults. Shemika Draper Johnson, Michael Keith McKnight, Keelon Bernard Nelson and Lederrick Dewayne Gant all were indicted for second-degree murder, with McKnight...
Cyber Crimes busts man for allegedly possessing multiple images of child porn
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office (CPSO) Cyber Crimes unit has arrested a Shreveport man for allegedly ‘possessing multiple images of child pornography.’. According to Sheriff Henry Whitehorn, Sr., 20-year-old Allen K. Jackson was arrested on Thursday following a Cyber Crimes Unit investigation. CPSO...
Coroner ID's Shreveport's 36th homicide victim
Caddo Parish Coroner's Office has named the 36th homicide victim in Shreveport for 2024. On July 15, Brion Morris, 21, was wounded in an altercation at Westover Road and Velva Street just after 11:45 p.m. He was transported to Ochsner LSU Heatlh where he was pronounced dead at 11:49 p.m. ...
'It was a great crowd,' Caddo Parish Schools held a community meeting for the next superintendent
More than a dozen concerned citizens showed up to one of the six community meetings held by McPherson & Jacobson, LLC. on Tuesday, July 16, in part of the search for the next Caddo Parish School District superintendent. The meeting was held at C.E. Byrd High School and Dr. Barry Carroll a...
Man found slain inside home on Kennedy Drive; coroner releases name
CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The victim in a fatal slaying on Kennedy Drive near Shreveport Regional Airport was identified by the Caddo Parish Coroner. The victim, identified as 24-year-old Jaden Barnhill, was found inside a residence in the 4700 block of Kennedy Drive around 6:50 pm on July 17 suffering from two gunshot wounds.
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