Nineteen-month-old Kayson Wright was fatally shot at a home on Merwin Street in the Queensborough neighborhood of Shreveport on Friday, February 7, 2020. Officers responding to a shooting call found the toddler with a critical gunshot wound to the chest; he was taken to Ochsner LSU Hospital and later died there.

Shreveport police detectives interviewed everyone at the scene and concluded the child’s father, 29-year-old Derrick Wright, was handling a rifle when it discharged, the bullet striking Kayson. Derrick Wright was arrested and charged with one count of manslaughter after telling authorities he was clearing the rifle when it fired; he was booked into the Caddo Correctional Center and a judge set bond at $250,000.

The case left a family and community grieving a very young child. If anyone has information about what happened that day or knew the family, please share what you know with the investigators handling the case.