One Man Dead in Officer Involved Shooting in Shreveport

SHREVEPORT, LA - Some very tense moments in downtown Shreveport on Sunday ended tragically. At about 2 in the afternoon, Shreveport officers responded to a call at Marshall and Crockett Streets on a report of a man trying to break into cars. The man was reportedly carrying a gun.

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One employee of a downtown restaurant tried to confront the man on Crockett Street, but he apparently ran off. When police pulled up on the scene, the man still had the gun and reportedly would not drop it. That's when he was shot by an officer. He was pronounced dead.

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Detectives with State Police were requested by SPD to investigate the officer-involved shooting. Detectives worked most of the afternoon, processing the scene and gathering evidence. They also spoke with several witnesses.

No officers were harmed during the incident. Anyone with information and/or pictures and video is urged to share that information with LSP Detectives. You may anonymously report information through the Louisiana State Police online reporting system by visiting lsp.org and clicking on Report Suspicious or Criminal Activity, or calling the LSP Fusion Center Hotline at 1- 800-434-8007.