On the evening of April 5, 2026, a gathering in the 2700 block of West 70th Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, broke up in gunfire. Emergency crews found 25-year-old Jerquavious Johnson Jr. of Bossier City in a parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to Ochsner LSU Health Hospital by the Shreveport Fire Department and died at 11:37 p.m. Another person was also reported injured in the same incident.

The Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office officially identified Johnson. His death was recorded as the city’s fifth homicide for 2026 during a troubling surge that included three homicides within a nine-day span in April. In the days after the shooting, community members gathered at the scene to clean the area and support one another.

Authorities have arrested Valentino L. Carter Jr. and charged him with second-degree murder; detectives say the investigation is ongoing. If anyone was at the gathering or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know with investigators.