A late-night dispute in Doyline, Louisiana, ended with the death of 19-year-old Shane Isiah Siah. In the early morning hours of December 18, 2020, deputies responded to a shooting at an 18-year-old friend’s home on Highway 163. Siah, who lived in Shreveport, had gone to that residence with his brother, Romaris Williams, to retrieve items they believed had been taken. Deputies found Siah in the backyard at the bottom of the steps leading to the back door, deceased from an apparent gunshot wound to his back.

Dallas Major Edwards, the homeowner, was taken into custody at the scene. Edwards told deputies he heard a knock at his back door, saw a Black male holding an AR rifle, and fired his own rifle through a glass door as the person turned to run, striking Siah. Edwards was charged with second-degree murder; court records later show he pleaded to lesser counts and received concurrent terms that included one year for felony illegal possession of illegal things, a ten-year sentence with all but one year suspended for conspiracy to commit simple burglary, and three years of active supervised probation.

Did anyone in the area witness the events that night or have information about what led to the confrontation?