Caddo Grand Jury returns no-true-bill in fight death

The death of a man following a fight in downtown Shreveport in January has been resolved with the Caddo Parish Grand Jury declining to indict in its returns December 18, 2025. Discovery in the case revealed there was insufficient evidence to try the man arrested in connection with the death and that self-defense could not be discounted.

Trevor Moses, 26, was identified by a witness as a suspect in the January 26, 2025, assault on Christopher J. Temple, 43, of Webster Parish. Mr. Temple was struck in the face in the 400 block of Commerce Street following an early morning altercation. After being struck, he fell and the back of his head hit the concrete. He was transported to Ochsner LSU Health hospital for surgery and then was sent to The Carpenter's House Hospice, where he succumbed to his injuries February 15, 2025.

He was Shreveport's fifth homicide for the year. Surveillance footage from the Real-Time Crime Center corroborated the witness's account but did not show Moses delivering the actual blow that knocked Mr. Temple down. Mr. Moses was initially charged on a warrant for second-degree battery and surrendered to authorities February 10, 2025. 

Discovery included surveillance video showing the victim striking Mr. Moses without provocation several times earlier outside a nearby bar prior to the fatal encounter, as well as 14,000 pages of Mr. Temple's medical records that revealed he still had a blood-alcohol level of .205 on January 28, 2025, two days after the incident. Investigation also determined the two men did not know one another and never had met prior to their altercation.