A National Night Out community event at A.B. Palmer Park in Shreveport, Louisiana, on the evening of October 7, 2025, ended in the death of 17-year-old Martaevion Loston. Shreveport Police responded to reports of a shooting at about 7:30 p.m. in the 500 block of East 79th Street at Line Avenue and found Loston with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced deceased.

Investigators with the Violent Crimes Unit used Real Time Crime Center footage to reconstruct the incident and concluded Loston fired the first shot. A 15-year-old juvenile returned fire and struck Loston. The juvenile was taken into custody and charged with possession of a firearm by a juvenile and possession of a firearm inside a city park, and prosecutors are reviewing whether homicide charges will be filed. The shooting has been raised locally as an example of youth gun violence and a call for more parental intervention.

If anyone attended the event or has information about what led to the exchange of gunfire, please share what was seen or recorded.