A Shreveport man convicted in June of a vicious drug-related murder must not only serve the mandatory life term in prison at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence, but also was sentenced to an additional decade in prison for violating the terms of a probation granted for an earlier murder attempt.
Lloyd Tremaine Cooks, 22, found guilty of second-degree murder June 11, 2025, was sentenced Monday, August 11, 2025 by District Judge Chris Victory for the June 25, 2022, slaying of Jeremy “Ruru” Wyatt, 31. The two met at a local gas station for a marijuana transaction that turned into murder.
Cooks had previously been convicted June 1, 2022, of aggravated battery, a lesser charge than that originally lodged against him, for the attempted second-degree murder October 27, 2020, of Malcolm Simmons, in case No. 379968. Probation granted for this conviction was revoked.
Cooks was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Victoria Washington and Courtney Ray. He was defended by Michael Enright and Katie Miller.
The murder case was docket No. 390646.
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Lloyd Tremaine Cooks