Gerald Jamar Abbott Jr., age 18, was found with gunshot wounds at the Sleep Inn Hotel on Klug Pines in Shreveport, Louisiana, on January 15, 2023. First responders treated him but he died of his injuries; the Caddo Parish Coroner later confirmed his identity. Initial accounts reported wounds to the chest and possibly the head.

His death was investigated as Shreveport’s fourth homicide of 2023. Funeral services were held January 28, 2023, at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, with interment at Lincoln Cemetery. Shreveport Police detectives opened an investigation, but no motive or suspects have been publicly disclosed and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone was in the Klug Pines area that night or has information about what happened at the Sleep Inn on January 15, please come forward.