Roderick Shamichael Dewayne Coleman, 19, was shot and killed during a large gathering at a residence on Birch Street in Plain Dealing in the late hours of August 23, 2020. The fatal shooting left his family and community searching for answers as detectives pursued leads that yielded little progress for nearly two years.

In March 2022 a detained man, 27-year-old Carttavious Qualls, told correctional officers he had killed Coleman. After being brought to the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Detective’s Office for questioning, Qualls repeated the confession and was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder; bond was set at $500,000 and he was booked into the Bossier Maximum-Security Facility. Three other men — KenMonte Gilmore, 24, Russell Heard, 25, and Johnterrius Gilbert, 28 — were arrested and charged with illegal use of a weapon in connection with the incident.

Are there details from that night on Birch Street or witnesses who haven’t yet come forward that could clarify what happened?