Sharon Gosey, a 59-year-old Black woman, was shot inside her home on Westwood Park Drive in west Shreveport during a domestic incident. Police say a 911 call came just after 11 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, from a man who reported he had just shot his mother. Officers found Gosey with a gunshot wound to her upper body and she was taken to Ochsner LSU Health, where she died the next morning at 6:03 a.m., Wednesday, April 10.

Shreveport police identified the caller as Gosey’s 36-year-old son, Lederrick Gant, who reportedly confessed at the scene and was taken into custody. Investigators say a .40-caliber pistol was used. Gant was initially charged with attempted second-degree murder; after Gosey died the charge was upgraded to second-degree murder. The Caddo Parish Coroner ordered an autopsy and the case was one of Caddo Parish’s 20 homicides in 2024. The Shreveport Police Department’s investigation was ongoing.

If anyone knew Sharon or has information about what happened that night, please share what can help the investigation.