Malchus Prillerman, 47, was shot and killed in Shreveport on January 16, 2025. According to reports, the shooting occurred about 1:30 p.m. in the 2700 block of Jones Mabry Road near Hawkins Street in the Martin Luther King Jr. Neighborhood while Prillerman was inside a vehicle; emergency crews pronounced him dead at 1:40 p.m. The Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office identified him by fingerprint comparison and ordered an autopsy.

The Shreveport Police Department opened an investigation into the city’s first homicide of 2025. Initial reports gave no information about a motive or suspect description, and as of early 2026 no arrests or suspects had been publicly announced.

If anyone witnessed the shooting that afternoon or has information about activity in the Jones Mabry Road area on January 16, 2025, please share what is known.