Johnny Thomas, 29, was shot on the afternoon of September 24, 2018, inside a home in the Agurs neighborhood of Shreveport. Police were called to a residence in the 1700 block of Pointe Coupee Drive just before 2:30 p.m.; Thomas suffered multiple gunshot wounds, was taken to University Health Hospital, and died after a brief fight for his life.

Investigators connected the fatal shooting to an earlier dispute at the same address that had escalated from an argument into a fight and led officers to arrest two men for disturbing the peace. During the initial investigation police identified 26-year-old Trimnell D. O’Neal as the alleged shooter and obtained a warrant charging him with second-degree murder with bond set at $500,000.

On September 25, 2018, O’Neal surrendered at the Shreveport Police Complex, was interviewed by detectives, and was booked on the warrant. If anyone has information about what happened at the Pointe Coupee Drive residence that afternoon, please come forward.