Eutravious Houston sentenced for drone gun incident

A Shreveport man who pleaded guilty in February to pointing an illegal handgun at a police drone last summer must serve a decade in prison, a Caddo Parish judge has ordered.

Eutravious Houston, 33, who admitted guilt February 26 before Caddo District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr., was ordered Tuesday, March 10, 2026, by Judge Hathaway to serve the sentence without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence.

On July 30, 2025, Shreveport police, along with the U.S. Marshals' Violent Offender Task Force, were executing arrest warrants in the 1500 block of Belwood Street in the Caddo Heights neighborhood. While looking for another individual suspected to be inside a residence, officers were told that Houston was inside and refusing to come out.

After obtaining consent from the homeowner, a drone operated by officers with the Street Level Interdiction Unit flew into the house where Houston was observed pointing a Glock handgun directly at it. Officers ran Houston's name and discovered that he had been convicted of Illegal Use of Weapons in 2021, prohibiting him from possessing a firearm. 

Assistant District Attorneys Chase Burgess and Christopher S. Bowman prosecuted Houston. He was represented by the Caddo Indigent Defenders office. 

The case was docket No. 410419.

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