Samjarrar Amie was 30 when he was shot and killed in the Riverdale Apartments parking lot in the 6800 block of Rasberry Lane in Shreveport on the evening of June 26, 2023. Witnesses or responders reported gunfire shortly after 8:45 p.m.; Amie was found with a gunshot wound and taken to LSU Ochsner Health Shreveport, where he was pronounced dead at 9:26 p.m. Another person was wounded in the same incident.

Investigators identified a suspect, 15-year-old Demarcus Antonio June Jr., who was later indicted by a Caddo Parish grand jury on one count of second-degree murder in connection with Amie’s death and one count of attempted second-degree murder for the other person injured.

Family and friends held visitation at Heavenly Gates Funeral Home and a funeral on July 8, 2023, at Zion Baptist John H. Wilson Chapel; Amie was buried at Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. If anyone knew Samjarrar Amie or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.