Jermaine A. Robinson was a 31-year-old Black man from Shreveport, Louisiana. On the evening of June 10, 2020, a child’s birthday party in the Caddo Heights neighborhood was disrupted by gunfire just after 9:30 p.m. In the 5200 block of Bienville Street a bullet struck Mr. Robinson in the chest. He was taken by private vehicle to Ochsner LSU Health hospital but succumbed to his injuries. The Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office later identified him by fingerprints and an autopsy was scheduled.

The Shreveport Police Department investigated the fatal shooting and identified a suspect, leading to the arrest of DeMichael Antonio Turel in connection with Robinson’s death. In court, Turel pleaded guilty to negligent homicide for the shooting; the judge imposed the maximum sentence for that conviction, five years, and ordered it to run consecutively with a separate 15-year sentence Turel received after pleading guilty to a December 2020 home invasion.

If anyone attended the party or has information about what happened on Bienville Street that night, please share what you know.