SHREVE{PORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A teen was sentenced to manslaughter for a 2024 slaying in Caddo Juvenile Court.

The Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office announced the conviction of Anthony Brown, Jr., 15, on Friday, August 29, 2025, one year after the incident.

Brown was found "responsively guilty" by Caddo Parish Juvenile Judge Justin Courtney for the August 16, 2024, murder of Troy Ducote, 35, in the 3000 block of Boone Street in Shreveport. Investigators with the Shreveport Police Department stated that Ducote and a group of teens were involved in a dispute. The teens taunted him and threw rocks at him.

An adult neighbor who witnessed the incident testified at trial that he saw Brown fire a handgun in Ducote's direction as he attempted to flee the conflict. He was shot in the back

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