One Dead and One Arrested in Shreveport Trailer Park Shooting
The plague of juvenile crime in Shreveport continues with this latest shooting.
On Tuesday (9/7/21) just after 7:00pm Shreveport Police responded to a report of a shooting at a mobile home park in the 6700 block of Jefferson Paige Road. Upon arrival, officers located 19-year-old LaDerrick Grant suffering from gunshot wounds in a driveway. After attempting lifesaving measures on Grant, he unfortunately succumbed to his injuries and died.
After a short investigation and questioning witnesses, Investigators with the Violent Crimes and Crime Scene Units were able to piece together that the man was shot after an altercation at the mobile home park.
Through their preliminary investigation detectives developed information that led them to the alleged suspect, a 17-year-old male juvenile. The juvenile was booked into the Shreveport City Jail on one count of Second Degree Murder.