(The Center Square) – Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith reported a 29% decline in the city’s homicide rate in the department’s monthly crime update on Monday.

After a mass shooting during the weekend in northwest Louisiana left two dead and six injured, the department delivered updated crime data to the Shreveport City Council during the administrative conference. Overall, the report indicated a decrease in crime compared to year-to-date statistics from the same period last year.

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Homicides in Shreveport are down from 41 to 29 year-to-date in 2024.

Shots-fired calls also showed a decline.

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