On the evening of July 3, 2021, 42-year-old Dan Cooksey, a Black/African American man, was shot in the 2800 block of Garden Street in Shreveport’s Allendale neighborhood. Police were called just after 9 p.m.; Cooksey was found with at least one gunshot wound to his upper body, taken to Ochsner LSU Health, and pronounced dead at 9:55 p.m.

Shreveport Police detectives from the Violent Crimes Unit canvassed the area and quickly identified a person of interest. Investigators located and charged a man from Shreveport with second-degree murder in connection with Cooksey’s death. Authorities did not immediately release a motive.

What details about that evening or the people involved might help explain how this shooting unfolded?