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7 Shot Outside Shreveport House Party as Guests Head for the Door

A dispute between two men escalated into gunfire on a residential street early Saturday, leaving seven people wounded — including one woman critically — as police hunt for a shooter with no suspect in custody.

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BY OBSERVER NEWSDESK

The Weekly Observer

SEP 27, 2026 · 3 MIN READ
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7 Shot Outside Shreveport House Party as Guests Head for the Door
File photo of police lights on a residential street at night, not the actual scene. Photo by Martin Podsiad / Unsplash.

Seven people were shot early Saturday morning outside a house party in Shreveport's Cherokee Park neighborhood, according to KTBS and KSLA. Shreveport police responded to the 1100 block of Crestmoor Drive at roughly 3:55 a.m. and found multiple victims suffering gunshot wounds, including a woman with a life-threatening injury to her torso.

Investigators say the violence broke out as guests were leaving the gathering, when an argument between two men — allegedly tied to an earlier physical altercation inside the party — escalated on the street outside. Multiple shots were then fired into the departing crowd. Beyond the woman in critical condition, six other victims turned up at area hospitals and a Shreveport Police substation seeking treatment for gunshot wounds, according to the reports.

No suspect has been identified, and as of the latest reporting no one is in custody. Detectives with the department's Violent Crimes Unit are asking anyone who was at the party, witnessed the shooting, or has cellphone video of the incident to come forward.

IF YOU CAN'T COME AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WITHOUT VIOLENCE, DON'T COME AT ALL.

That was the reaction from Angela Tucker, a neighbor on Crestmoor Drive, who spoke to KTBS after officers cleared the scene. The shooting is the latest in a string of violent incidents to hit the Shreveport area this year, adding to a wave of gun violence that has strained the city's Violent Crimes Unit in recent months.

Anyone with information is asked to call Shreveport police at 318-673-7300 or submit an anonymous tip through Shreveport-Caddo Crime Stoppers at 318-673-7373. Police have not released the identities or ages of the victims, and the investigation remains open.

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