Shreveport Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of a Gun by a Felon

A Shreveport man arrested after he pointed a weapon at a police drone during a warrant execution pleaded guilty in Caddo District Court.

After a jury was selected and SPD Officer testimony began in District Court, 33 year-old Eutravious Houston, withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered of plea of guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Sentencing is being left to the court. He will return for sentencing in March where he faces at least five and up to 20 years in prison at hard labor.

Shreveport Police were executing arrest warrants on Belwood Street in the Caddo Heights neighborhood. While looking for another individual suspected to be inside a residence, SPD Officers were told that Houston was inside and refusing to come out.

After getting permission from the homeowner, a drone flew into the house where Houston was seen pointing a handgun at it. Officers ran Houston's name and discovered that he had been convicted of Illegal Use of Weapons in 2021, prohibiting him from possessing a firearm.

From the Caddo DA:

"Assistant District Attorneys Chase Burgess and Christopher S. Bowman prosecuted Houston. He was represented by the Caddo Indigent Defenders office.

The case was docket No. 410419."