05/13/2024
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12 YEAR-OLD SHOOTING VICTIM IDENTIFIED BY CADDO PARISH CORONER
A pr***en shot and killed in Southern Hills late Saturday, May 11, 2024, has been named by the Caddo Parish Coroner's office.
Jaylen Coleman, 12, was shot in the head while with a group of adolescents allegedly trying to break into parked cars in the 8800 block of Hawthorne Drive. He was pronounced deceased at the scene at 11:10 p.m.
The decedent was positively identified through fingerprint comparison.
The homicide, the 28th of the year in Caddo Parish and the 25th in Shreveport in that time, remains under investigation by the Shreveport Police Department, to which further media inquiries should be directed.
An autopsy was ordered.