Brandon Davenport is fatally shot while armed with a gun after he attempted to carjack someone
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Shreveport, LA - Louisiana State Police investigations into the fatal Shreveport police shootings and Caddo District Attorney James Stewart Sr. said no action will be taken against the officers involved.
The Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office has confirmed the name of the man shot and killed by police in downtown Shreveport Sunday, May 18.
Brandon Davenport, 32, was shot around 2 p.m., the coroner’s office says. He was taken to the hospital, where he died at 2:14 p.m. His death marks the 14th homicide in Shreveport this year, and the 18th homicide in the parish. An autopsy was ordered.
The family of the man killed by police in downtown. Family members of Davenport say he had bipolar disorder and autism. They also say he had never been in trouble with the law before.
Davenport was shot and killed by police Sunday, May 18 in downtown Shreveport near Marshall and Crockett streets, family members say. Police report they were called out after getting calls about someone threatening people with a gun. They also say the man tried to carjack someone before chasing another person while holding a gun.