On the night of July 4, 2023, gunfire at Jones Mabry Street and Pearl Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, left 24-year-old DeMorie LaRay Williams dead and was part of a mass shooting that killed four people and injured others. Williams, a Black male and city resident, was taken to Ochsner LSU Health and later died of his wounds; two men were pronounced dead at the scene and a fourth victim was found the following morning. The other victims named were 22-year-old Morad Aziz, 19-year-old Jarike Dorsey, and 17-year-old Syncere Brown.

Investigators report the shooting grew from a dispute between two groups and that multiple people fired weapons, with both handgun and rifle casings recovered amid dense vegetation that complicated evidence collection. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified and the motive remains undetermined.

If anyone has information about the shooting or those involved, please contact the Shreveport Police Department.