In the pre-dawn hours of October 24, 2010, Shreveport Police Sergeant Timothy Clark Prunty, 43, was ambushed and fatally shot at about 3:30 a.m. in the parking lot of a convenience store on Bert Kouns Industrial Loop. He was standing beside his patrol car when another vehicle entered the lot and the driver opened fire without warning. Prunty was struck by multiple bullets but managed to return fire before collapsing; his actions were credited with protecting a nearby civilian. He was taken to LSU Health Science Center, where he died.

A witness provided a description of the assailant’s vehicle, and officers located that vehicle shortly afterward. After a brief pursuit the driver was arrested and later linked to an earlier shooting that morning involving a security guard. The suspect was charged with first-degree murder in Sergeant Prunty’s death and attempted murder in the earlier shooting. Sergeant Prunty had served with the Shreveport Police Department for 19 years and was survived by his twin brother, who also served with the department.