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Updated: Jul. 16, 2022 at 9:12 PM CDT
|By Jade Myers and Curtis Heyen
Goal is to help stop the often deadly violence in the city
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Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 5:51 PM CDT
|By Destinee Patterson
2 of 3 of the encounters ended with 3 people dead
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Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 5:46 PM CST
|By Destinee Patterson
Citizens should expect the city to “double down” on its efforts to fight crime, the mayor previously said.
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Updated: Dec. 12, 2021 at 10:48 PM CST
|By Destinee Patterson
Prayer gathering held 2 days after TQ Harrison was stabbed to death
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 5:41 AM CDT
|By Christian Piekos
One of the most popular programs for training women to become proficient firearm users remains full through the end of 2021.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 11:29 PM CDT
|By KSLA Staff
Shreveport will see a different Police Department over next few months, SPD's interim leader says
Updated: Jul. 19, 2021 at 8:39 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
This week’s meeting will cover summer and other year-round programs that are available to the youth in the community.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2021 at 7:23 PM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
Dr. Grady Smith, the principal of Woodlawn Leadership Academy, is speaking out after the death of one of his recent graduates.
Updated: May. 27, 2021 at 11:15 PM CDT
|By Kenley Hargett
Mothers of Men session included workshop about effective communication, an education and resource fair, a panel discussion
Updated: May. 25, 2021 at 11:33 AM CDT
|By KSLA Staff
A citywide prayer meeting and other prayer meetings will be held in each council district in June.
7-Day Forecast
Updated: May. 23, 2021 at 6:03 PM CDT
|By Destinee Patterson
“We’re trying to reach a goal of $180,000; we want to put away enough for each kid”
Updated: May. 5, 2021 at 7:24 PM CDT
|By Destinee Patterson
“It happens on the regular and that should not be,” says a woman who lost a brother
Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 at 8:55 PM CST
The underdog story of Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins' bid to become a U.S. senator came to an end on election night.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 10:12 PM CDT
“You come outside, you got a car and a body laying on your yard and bullets in your house"
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 11:26 PM CDT
Authorities believe 2-year-old Messiah was struck by a stray bullet
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 1:20 PM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
Terrence Winn, now out of Angola, is working to change Shreveport for the better.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2020 at 6:31 AM CDT
The question police and community leaders are dealing with in Shreveport is how to get a handle on the rising rate of violent crime.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2020 at 7:15 AM CST
|By Doug Warner
Students and teachers on both the Caddo Parish and Bossier Parish sides of the Red River, are eternally grateful for recent help after facing their own unique adversities.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2020 at 5:31 AM CST
|By Doug Warner
Ask any police officer. There is no such thing as a routine traffic stop. “I’ve made thousands of traffic stops,” begins Corporal Christian Hicks, who just celebrated 17 years with the Shreveport police department earlier this month.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2020 at 9:50 PM CST
It uses a law enforcement agency’s social media platforms to remind people to lock up for the night
Updated: Jan. 20, 2020 at 9:53 PM CST
Last year proved to be one of the safest years in Shreveport history, city officials say
Updated: Dec. 17, 2019 at 11:06 PM CST
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport rank as 4th, 5th and 8th deadliest cities in U.S., respectively
Updated: Dec. 13, 2019 at 5:36 AM CST
|By Doug Warner
At least twice a week, after school Cpl. Rodney Bradley spends an hour or so with roughly two dozen Claiborne students, members of his 'Young Distinguished Gentlemen' organization.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2019 at 11:09 PM CDT
To many who gathered for the inaugural Labor Day Jamz concert, it has the potential to be far more.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2019 at 7:46 AM CDT
An event scheduled for Monday night aims to bring the community together in prayer.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2019 at 11:31 PM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
Each red banner will represent a person whose life has been claimed by gun violence in the city
Updated: Jun. 18, 2019 at 11:13 PM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
Putting Benny to work: A Taking Back Our Streets update on Benny Brown
Updated: Jun. 5, 2019 at 6:52 AM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
Father's Day event aims to highlight fathers
Updated: May. 22, 2019 at 5:09 AM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
In the end, more than 1,000 pairs of jeans were collected and most of them have been given out.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2019 at 5:17 AM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
Former drug dealer steps up to save children in the streets
Updated: Apr. 17, 2019 at 11:02 AM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
It’s digitally wrapped with a picture of the DeSoto Parish sheriff’s badge, slogans like “Keepin’ It Real,” plus Darren the lion.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2019 at 5:21 AM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
The #100 program offers weekly mentor meetings, after-school tutoring, community service projects, college campus tours, and fun social activities.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2019 at 3:31 PM CDT
|By Domonique Benn and KSLA Staff
If you commit a crime in Bossier Parish — there's a good chance you may be recorded.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2019 at 10:35 AM CST
|By Domonique Benn
A Caddo Parish school resource officer jumped into action by putting an elementary school on lockdown and tending to a gunshot victim at the same time.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2019 at 11:05 PM CST
|By Domonique Benn
It's a song years in the making that the Voices of Deliverance says has a simple message but one that the gospel group's members hope is effective in putting a stop to the killings.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2019 at 9:49 PM CST
|By Domonique Benn
Shreveport police chaplains often show up on the scene to help heal the community when bad things happen.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2019 at 11:28 AM CST
|By Domonique Benn
J.D. Hill likely never knew what was coming when someone shot through the door of his Vivian home, in January of 2016.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2018 at 7:01 AM CST
|By Domonique Benn
Cold Case: Who killed Margaret Abbott
Updated: Dec. 11, 2018 at 6:00 PM CST
|By Domonique Benn and Blane Skiles
Chief Raymond shares his plan to fight crime in Shreveport in an exclusive interview with KSLA News 12
Updated: Dec. 5, 2018 at 7:44 AM CST
|By Domonique Benn
A billboard stands tall not far from the murder scene at Briarwood Apartments on Golf Links Boulevard. The billboard pictures Phadarius with a caption that reads “Who Killed Me?” It’s a horrifying reminder of her son’s death. Lennie says she tries to avoid this route on her way home.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2018 at 11:47 AM CST
|By Domonique Benn
Detectives say the 29 year old was shot to death
Updated: Oct. 30, 2018 at 11:15 PM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
Domestic Violence survivor share story of survival to help others.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2018 at 4:11 PM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
An ArkLaTex middle school student is helping take back our streets by sharing her story as a victim of bullying.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2018 at 11:56 AM CDT
The Shreveport Police Department will no longer be hosting or promoting city-wide prayer vigils, City Attorney William Bradford confirmed.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2018 at 1:06 PM CDT
|By KSLA Staff
A man is facing a murder charge after investigators connected him to the shooting death of father of three.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2018 at 11:40 PM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
The recent slaying of an airman has neighbors in Bossier City's Greenacres Place subdivision looking into establishing a Neighborhood Watch program.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2018 at 11:43 PM CDT
A father of three is gunned down execution style. Months later, his family still is asking why and seeking help finding his killer and the motive.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2018 at 11:54 PM CDT
Some of Shreveport’s most beautiful historic buildings are downtown. Unfortunately, they are falling victim to people who spray paint graffiti on them.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2018 at 11:36 PM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
It’s been nearly a year since 19-year-old Cameron Lee was stabbed in his home on Kent Street in Shreveport. Having been rushed to the hospital in a private vehicle, he later died from his wounds. His mother has since been a mom on a mission.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2018 at 12:24 AM CDT
|By Domonique Benn
Crime Stoppers really does not want your name, just your information. It does not even get your telephone number. Here are other steps Crime Stoppers takes to ensure your anonymity.