In the early morning hours of December 16, 2022, Michael Paul Grace Jr., 61, was found dead behind a dumpster in the parking lot of the Round Bar on Youree Drive in Shreveport, Louisiana. Authorities responding shortly after 2 a.m. pronounced Grace dead; the Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office later determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head. Grace was described as the owner of a Texas-based billboard company.

Video surveillance from the area prompted a homicide investigation that led investigators to 50-year-old Jason Brook, who was identified as having direct knowledge of the incident; Brook was booked into the Shreveport City Jail on a charge of failure to report a felony. The primary suspect in the shooting was identified as 30-year-old William Colby Sirman of Keithville.

On the morning of December 16 a separate discovery was made: a citizen located a body in a drainage ditch at Kings Highway and Creswell Avenue that was later identified as Sirman. Further video review showed Sirman riding a motorcycle at high speed shortly after the shooting and losing control while negotiating a curve, resulting in a fatal crash as he fled the scene.

If anyone has information about Grace, Brook, or Sirman that could help clarify the events that night, please share what is known.