Christopher Brian Cope has taken his appeal to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals today. Cope was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Shreveport Police Sgt. Timothy Prunty.
Prosecutors say a Shreveport man will plead guilty as charged to aggravated battery and hate crimes Thursday in Caddo Parish District Court for a January, 2011 attack on another individual at a night club in the 400 block of Spring St.