UPDATE: Shreveport’s 1st Three Homicide Victims in 2024 Named

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SHREVEPORT, LA-   The Caddo Parish Coroner's office has released the names of three women killed in separate incidents during the first two weeks of 2024.

Shreveport Police have made an arrest in the killing of Joan Johnson and Jasmine Johnson.  Read the complete details HERE

Three women mortally wounded in shootings in Shreveport early Sunday, January 14, 2024, including a mother and daughter, have been named by the Caddo Parish Coroner's office. 

 The first shooting, just before 1:37 a.m. in the 2700 block of Willis Street in the Martin Luther King Jr. neighborhood, claimed the lives of Joan Johnson, 70, and Jasmine Johnson, 29. Both women were shot numerous times after a domestic altercation in their residence. Joan Johnson was pronounced deceased at the scene at 1:48 a.m. Jasmine Johnson was transported to Ochsner LSU Health hospital, where she was pronounced deceased at 2:10 a.m.   

 Both women were positively identified through fingerprint comparison. 

 The second shooting occurred just after 2 a.m. in the 2100 block of Marshall Street, at a nightclub west of Greenwood Cemetery and north of Stoner Avenue. Hortencia L. Demming, 26, of Shreveport, was shot in the parking lot there following an altercation. She was transported to Ochsner LSU Health hospital, where she later died from her wounds at 2:40 a.m. 

 Ms. Demming also was positively identified through fingerprint comparison. 

 Autopsies were ordered for all the victims. These are the first homicides for Shreveport and Caddo Parish of 2024. 

 The three slayings remain under investigation by the Shreveport Police Department, to which further inquiries should be directed.   If you have any information concerning any of the crimes, please contact the Shreveport Police Department at 318 673-7300.  Or, if you would like to provide your information anonymously,  you can call Crimestoppers at 318 673-7373