Sherman E. Rambo Jr., a 42-year-old single father and veteran, was killed on the evening of September 1, 2019, after being struck by multiple gunshot wounds during a shootout on East Stoner Avenue in the Stoner Hill neighborhood of Shreveport, Louisiana. He was taken to Ochsner LSU Health but died shortly after arrival. Authorities say he was an innocent bystander and not the intended target.

The Shreveport Police Department identified three men in the investigation: Jacody Demetrius Wilson, Cortez De’Shun Hines, and Carl Wayne McClinton Jr., who were arrested and indicted by a Caddo Parish grand jury on second-degree murder charges in connection with Rambo’s death. Wilson and Hines were also charged with attempted second-degree murder for shooting another person, Shaquille Bradford, on the same day.

Cortez De’Shun Hines was tried in Caddo District Court; after testimony from 17 witnesses a 12-member jury found him unanimously guilty of second-degree murder and the judge imposed a mandatory life sentence at hard labor without probation, parole, or suspension. Wilson and McClinton Jr. remain awaiting trial. Does anyone have information about that night or knew Sherman or his family that could help fill gaps in the timeline?