On the afternoon of Sunday, November 12, 2023, 24-year-old Marvin Carter was shot while leaving the YMCA on Knight Street in Shreveport after playing basketball. Gunfire erupted in the parking lot shortly before 5:30 p.m.; Carter was struck multiple times and taken to Ochsner LSU Health Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:56 p.m. Another man was critically wounded in the same attack.

Shreveport Police say the shooting was not random and that suspects were waiting in a vehicle outside the YMCA, indicating the victims were targeted. The killing was recorded as the 69th homicide in Shreveport and the 74th in Caddo Parish for 2023. No immediate arrests were reported and the investigation remained active. Funeral services included a viewing at Precious Memories Mortuary Chapel and a celebration at Avenue Baptist Church before burial at Round Grove Memorial Gardens.

If anyone was at the YMCA that afternoon or has information about who was in the vehicle, please come forward.