Tracy Tremell Chap, 43, was killed by gunfire on the morning of Friday, October 4, 2024, in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was a passenger in a van traveling through the Mooretown neighborhood when multiple bullets struck the vehicle at the intersection of Powell and Singletary streets. Chap was critically wounded, taken to Willis-Knighton Medical Center on Greenwood Road, and died of his injuries at 7:40 a.m. The Caddo Parish Coroner’s office later identified him by fingerprint comparison and ordered an autopsy to determine the precise cause of death.

The shooting was recorded as the city’s 42nd homicide in 2024. The Shreveport Police Department opened an investigation, but no information about suspects or arrests has been released and the case remains under investigation. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Tracy Tremell Chap, please come forward to assist investigators.