Crime

Caddo Parish District Attorney James E. Stewart Jr. will try a 17-year-old Shreveporter for his role in a shooting outside a popular eatery earlier this year.

Shreveport Police Department officers rescued an eight-month-old and a two-year-old from a dangerously hot car parked at a local grocery store on North Market. The officers, responding to a distressing situation, forced entry into the vehicle, triggering its alarm and alerting the owners, Jacqueline Williams, 57, and Elizabeth Williams, 25, to return.

A Caddo Parish man is accused of sexually assaulting one juvenile and behaving indecently with another one.

There have been 24 homicides so far this year in Shreveport. A year ago, there were 26.

The Shreveport Police Department has arrested 27-year-old Ambur Johnson in connection with a 2020 stabbing incident.

In the early hours of April 27, at approximately 1:30 a.m., officers from the Shreveport Police Department responded to a call regarding an assault and battery incident at 2025 Marshall Street. Upon arrival, officers encountered 28-year-old Brandon Harris, who was being asked to leave a nightclub at the location.

At approximately 7:30 p.m. on April 26, officers of SPD officers conducted a proactive check on a suspicious individual at the intersection of West 70th Street and Linwood Avenue. Upon contact, the individual was identified as 33-year-old Jeffrey Floyd.

On April 27, at approximately 2:00 a.m., SPD officers conducted a proactive traffic stop at the intersection of Hearne Avenue and Hollywood Avenue. During the stop, officers contacted 22-year-old Jataurion Mason.