Shreveport Police Investigate Missouri Avenue Homicide

On April 14th, 2023, around 8:37 p.m. Shreveport Police Department Patrol officers responded to the 2700 block of Missouri Avenue on reports of a shooting that had just occurred.

Responding officers located a male suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. Shreveport Fire Department responded to the scene and pronounced the male deceased.

Investigators with the Violent Crimes and Crime Scene Units were summoned to the scene. Investigators determined that the victim was shot while traveling on a bike. The suspect in this case fired numerous shots at the victims before fleeing the scene on foot. Investigators are asking for witnesses that observed the black male suspect fleeing the scene to come forward.

Anyone with information on this matter is urged to contact Shreveport Police immediately at 318-673-7300 #3. Those wishing to remain anonymous are urged to contact Caddo Shreveport Crime Stoppers at 318-673-7373 or submit a tip via their app, P3Tips.  For a secure and password-protected mobile app for your smart device, go to the App Store and download the free "P3tips" mobile app. No caller ID, no recorded lines, no tracking cookies, no saved IP address. ANONYMITY IS GUARANTEED!

When using the free downloadable P3 Tips mobile app OR the www.p3tips.com website, both feature very unique integrated Two-Way Dialog capabilities which allow the tipster to come back and provide additional information to their tip at any time. It also provides a secure means for the coordinator to ask the tipster questions pertaining to a provided tip (this is important for the tipster to know because some tips leave detectives requesting further information from the coordinator that only the tipster could provide).

Another reason to use the P3 mobile app or www.p3tips.com website is so that reward information can be given back to the tipster upon request through the same secure and encrypted interface.