The 40 murders in the first 5 months of 2021 are the same number of murders the city saw in 14 months between January of 2011 and December of 2012, combined.
Crime in Shreveport has a lot of folks talking. Even Shreveport Councilman Jerry Bowman says he has attended several community meetings and many residents want action.
A body was discovered in a field on the corner of Wallace and Bernstein Avenues at 4 p.m. Tuesday evening. Shreveport Police Department arrived on the scene to find the body had been burned.
Five indictments for second-degree murder or accessory to murder, and two for rape and sexual battery were made by the Grand Jury of Caddo on September 26 2019.