A long-running neighbor dispute in Shreveport ended in deadly violence on November 22, 2021, when 61-year-old Gary Lee was shot outside his home in the 1700 block of Alda Street in the Martin Luther King Jr. Neighborhood just before 1:00 p.m. The shooter was Lee’s next-door neighbor, Jimmy Cockerhem. Lee was taken to a hospital and later died of the wound.

Cockerhem fled and later tried to discard the gun by throwing it into Twelve Mile Bayou; two days after the shooting he surrendered at the Shreveport Police Complex and was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder. At trial he claimed self-defense, arguing Lee had a dangerous character, but the prosecution successfully rebutted that claim. A jury found Jimmy Cockerhem guilty of second-degree murder on October 23, 2024, and sentencing was scheduled for November 12, 2024.

If anyone knew Gary Lee or witnessed the events near Alda Street that afternoon, please share what you know with investigators.