Kaylin Rashon Williams was 21 when he was killed in a drive-by shooting in Shreveport in the early morning hours of March 3, 2021. The shooting happened in the 2800 block near Ledbetter Street and Hollywood Avenue. Williams was inside a vehicle when struck by gunfire and later taken to a local hospital with an upper-body gunshot wound; he died from his injuries and was identified by the Caddo Parish Coroner’s office.

Shreveport Police called this the city’s fifth homicide of 2021. Violent Crimes detectives later identified a suspect; on April 2, 2021, 19-year-old Ja’michael D. Bolds was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder with bond set at $500,000. No motive or full details of the evidence linking Bolds to the shooting have been made public, and the case is proceeding through the justice system.

If anyone has information about Kaylin Williams, the shooting, or events near Ledbetter Street and Hollywood Avenue that night, please share what you know.