Greenslate sentenced for 2023 Mardi Gras slaying

An East Texas man who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in February in connection with the shooting death of a friend at a Mardi Gras parade in Shreveport three years ago was sentenced Monday, April 13, 2026, in Caddo District Court.

District Judge John D. Mosely Jr. sentenced Jace Greenslate, 19, of DeBerry, to serve five years in the parish jail for shooting Kip Christensen Lewis, 17, February 18, 2023. 

Judge Mosely suspended four of the five years, pending successful completion of a three-year supervised probationary period. Defense attorneys requested, and the court granted, that the probation be transferred to Texas once it begins upon Greenslate's release. The weapon was ordered forfeited and destroyed. Greenslate was remanded to Caddo Correctional Center to serve his sentence.

Greenslate, Mr. Lewis and two other friends, all from East Texas, were in Shreveport to attend the Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras Parade and were on the Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway. Greenslate, 16 at the time, had a handgun, which one of the friends unloaded after realizing it was loaded. However, Greenslate later reloaded the weapon, pointed it at Lewis while he and friends were playing around, and fired.

Greenslate was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Ross Owen. He was defended by Ron Miciotto and Sarah Giglio. 

The case was docket No. 395442.