Shreveport Man Found Guilty of Attempt on Officer’s Life

A Shreveport man who attempted to run over a Shreveport Police officer and then fled to avoid arrest was found guilty Wednesday, September 11, 2024, in Caddo District Court.

Devin Rashard Ned, 24, was found guilty by the six-man, six-woman jury in District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr.'s court after deliberations lasting approximately two hours. The charges were attempted manslaughter of a police officer and aggravated flight from an officer.

Jurors heard seven witnesses testify that a homeowner called 911 to report that Ned prowled around her residence at 2:30 a.m. August 26, 2021, and that when police arrived, he fled in an automobile. After a high-speed chase through a west-central Shreveport residential neighborhood, reaching speeds of over 80 mph, Ned drove into a dead end on Missouri Avenue and reversed his car, striking a uniformed police officer. Fearing for his life, the officer discharged his weapon at the car, the bullet striking Ned in a shoulder. Ned then crashed the vehicle into a privacy fence and was apprehended. The homeowner whose fence was damaged testified that Ned intentionally struck the officer. Inside Ned's vehicle, which was found to have been stolen, officers recovered a firearm with an extended magazine.

Ned will be sentenced October 1, 2024. He faces up to 20 years for the attempted manslaughter conviction and up to five years at hard labor for the aggravated flight from an officer conviction.

Ned was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Jason Waltman and Stephen Folk-Cruthird. He was defended by Katie Ferguson and Evan McMichael.

The case was docket No. 384942.