Zyun Thomas pleads guilty to downtown fatal shooting
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A man charged in connection with a shooting that occurred in March 2023 in downtown Shreveport, leaving one man dead and wounding six other people, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Caddo District Court Wednesday, January 7, 2026.
Zyun Jabius Thomas, 20, was sentenced by District Judge Chris Victory to serve 30 years at hard labor for the March 25, 2023 shooting at Texas and Market streets that killed Jacorvin Taylor, 32.
Thomas's codefendant, Devin Porter, was convicted October 25, 2024, of second-degree murder, six counts of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated flight from an officer. He now is serving a life prison term. It was forensically determined that Mr. Porter fired the shot that killed Mr. Taylor.
Mr. Taylor's family agreed to the manslaughter pleading and the 30-year sentence imposed on Zyun Thomas. Thomas had been billed with six counts of attempted murder since he had not previously been indicted for those counts. As part of the plea, those charges were dismissed.
The plea arrangement and the sentence were done with the approval of the victim's family.
Mr. Thomas was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney William J. Edwards. He was defended by Rickey Swift.
The case was docket No. 395988.
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