Steven Rubey guilty of vehicular homicide

A Bossier City man who crashed his motorcycle in southwest Shreveport almost four years ago, killing his passenger wife, was convicted of vehicular homicide Wednesday, February 25, 2026, in Caddo District Court. 

The three-man, three-woman jury in District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr.'s court deliberated 45 minutes before returning its unanimous guilty-as-charged verdict against Steven Rubey, 61. The state called eight witnesses and the defense called none before the jury retired to deliberate, returning its verdict just before 4 p.m.

On July 29, 2022, Shreveport police and fire personnel responded to a single-vehicle motor vehicle wreck in the 7100 block of West 70th Street. Paramedics found Tammy Lynn Rubey, 52, lying in the roadway.  They were not able resuscitate her and she was pronounced dead minutes after arriving at the hospital. The forensic pathologist testified all of her ribs were broken and her heart and lungs were lacerated.  Steven Rubey, the driver of the motorcycle, survived and was transported to the hospital where a forensic blood draw was performed. His blood alcohol level was 0.13, significantly higher than the  legal limit of 0.08.

Photographs of the crash site were introduced into evidence, demonstrating that the road was dry and free of any defects or debris  at the time of the crash. The jury determined that Mr. Rubey's blood alcohol concentration was a contributing factor in the crash and death of his wife. 

When Rubey returns for sentencing on March 4, 2026, he faces a prison term of at least five and up to 30 years at hard labor.

Assistant District Attorneys Michael Anderson and Jason Waltman prosecuted the case. Attorneys with the Caddo Public Defenders' office represented Rubey.

The case was docket No. 395909.