The Caddo Parish Grand Jury returned five indictments Thursday, April 29, 2021. Of these, four were for second-degree murder. One was for failure to report a murder and assisting in it after-the-fact.
Jamarzia Devon Leonard, 27, of Shreveport, is charged with the January 25, 2021 second-degree murder of Travante Tramaine Myles. Mr. Myles, 28, was killed at a convenience store in the 4900 block of Mansfield Road.
Ja’len Aldall Jack, 27, and Randy Neal Bedford, 23, both from Shreveport, were indicted for failure to report the January 25, 2021 second-degree murder of Mr. Myles by Jamarzia Leonard and assisting Leonard in various ways after that slaying.
Traveion Tramell Fields, 27, of Bossier City, is charged with the January 17, 2021 second-degree murder of Alan Wesley Jefferson and the attempted second-degree murder that day of Debra Douglas. Mr. Jefferson, 41, was shot in the head by Fields, his nephew, as the two were passengers in a car driven by Ms. Douglas, Fields’ grandmother.
Shuntriel Walker Marvett Johnson, 27, of Phoenix, Arizona, is charged with the January 4, 2021 second-degree murder of Antonio Lee Johnson. Mr. Johnson, 38, was shot several times by Ms. Johnson, a female acquaintance, as the two argued and fought inside a residence on Avon Avenue in the Werner Park neighborhood.
Mawu Demone Goodrum, 47 of Shreveport, is charged with the January 17, 2021, second-degree murder of Nicholas Kent Sparks, and with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Mr. Sparks, 25, was shot and killed as he sat in a vehicle outside a residence in the 3800 block of Lakeshore Drive in north Shreveport.