Nicholas Kent Sparks, 25, was found with a gunshot wound to the chest after a 911 call on the night of January 17, 2021, on the 3800 block of Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport. Police said the wound was catastrophic and that Sparks died at the scene; later coroner-related reporting placed the shooting outside a home near Lakeshore Drive and Cross Lake Boulevard and said his death occurred shortly after the gunfire.

Violent-crimes detectives and crime-scene investigators processed the scene, interviewed multiple witnesses, and used witness statements and evidence to identify a local man, Mawu Goodrum, as the person they believed shot Sparks. Arrest warrants were obtained charging second-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Police initially warned Goodrum should be considered armed and dangerous and asked for tips; a later announcement said he had been arrested and booked into the Shreveport City Jail on those charges.

If anyone knew Sparks, his routine, or observed activity on Lakeshore Drive that night, can you share information with investigators?