Karen Denise Johnson was 41 when she was found fatally shot under a carport on Valley View Drive in Shreveport on the evening of April 7, 2014. Witnesses reported hearing a woman scream and then a gunshot before officers discovered her with a fatal gunshot wound to the upper body.

Investigators focused on Anton Caron Cooley, a 41-year-old man reported to be in a romantic relationship with Johnson, and believed the shooting followed a domestic dispute. A gun recovered at the scene was identified as the alleged murder weapon and Cooley was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder.

Cooley went to trial in April 2017. Witnesses who heard the shooting testified and the prosecution noted Cooley had prior felony battery convictions involving two other women. The jury convicted him of second-degree murder after about 35 minutes of deliberation. Anyone with information about Karen or the events that night is asked to come forward.