Trendell Wings guilty of weapon possession charge

A Shreveport man whose criminal history presented him from owning or possessing a weapon was found guilty in Caddo District Court Tuesday, January 13, 2026, of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The eight-woman, four-man jury in District Judge John D. Mosely Jr.'s court deliberated less than 30 minutes before returning its guilty-as-charged verdict against Trendell Reshon Wings, 36.

Jurors learned that on the evening of March 14, 2025, Shreveport Police patrol officers responded to a 911 call that a man in a wheelchair, wearing orange, pointed a gun and waved it at people. When officers arrived they found Wings in a wheelchair and asked him if he had any weapons, to which he said he did not. While police checked his name for criminal history, bystanders told officers they saw the man put a firearm in his waistband.

The criminal history returned a conviction of aggravated criminal property damage, a felony that would preclude Wings from possessing a gun. Upon searching Wings, the officer found a Ruger handgun loaded with 17 rounds, one in the chamber.

Wings' prior convictions preventing him from owning or possessing a firearm include aggravated criminal property damage, possession of a Schedule II controlled dangerous substance and an earlier unlawful weapons possession charge of Firearm by a Convicted Felon.

When Wings returns to Judge Mosely's court for sentencing on February 25, 2026, he faces at least five years and up to 20 years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.

Wings was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Ross Owen and Tatiyana Brown-Harper. He served as his own defense counsel. 

The case was docket No. 407565.

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