On the evening of July 13, 2021, gunfire erupted in a Shreveport neighborhood and 22-year-old Dartreyus Demarce Wesley was found with multiple gunshot wounds on the 300 block of Mayfair. He was taken to a nearby hospital and later pronounced deceased. Violent Crimes and Crime Scene units processed the scene, canvassed for witnesses and sought surveillance footage as part of a homicide investigation.

After months of work, detectives identified four people they believed were responsible and on October 29, 2021, secured second-degree murder warrants for John Wayne Morgan, Patrick Stricklin, Donavyn Simpson, and Larrion Hawkins. At that time Morgan, Simpson, and Hawkins were already jailed on other violent charges; Stricklin had recently been released on bond for other charges and was taken into custody. All four were booked in connection with Wesley’s death.

If anyone in the Mayfair area that night saw activity or has video that could help, please share what is known.