On May 2, 2023, 36-year-old Jairiah Joseph Hamilton was working as a clerk at a Valero convenience store off Interstate 20 in Bossier City when an armed robbery turned deadly. Shots were fired inside the store just before 10:00 a.m.; Hamilton and a 47-year-old customer, Joshua Ryan Calk, were both fatally shot. Two others were wounded during the incident, including Bossier City police Officer Ken Gallon and a customer identified as Wes Davis.

The suspect, 50-year-old Cortrell Burks, emerged from the store and exchanged gunfire with arriving officers. Burks left the scene but was detained after attempting to reach a nearby motel; a desk clerk locked the doors and Bossier City police arrested him. Burks has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted first-degree murder, one count of attempted second-degree murder, and two counts of armed robbery. The case is pending presentation to a Bossier Parish grand jury.

If anyone was at the Valero that morning or has information about what happened inside the store, please come forward.