Northern Louisiana there are. Shreveport in the 90s was like a smaller version of Little Rock, Ark. Which is only 2 hours away.
Tookie Williams is from Shreveport.
Suspect in L.A. Drive-By Shooting in 1988 Killed in Louisiana : Gangs: Killings in Shreveport have been on the rise. The latest fatality is seen as additional evidence that the violence may have its origins in Southern California .
Suspect in L.A. Drive-By Shooting in 1988 Killed in Louisiana : Gangs: Killings in Shreveport have been on the rise. The latest fatality is seen as additional evidence that the violence may have its origins in Southern California .
February 09, 1990|PAUL LIEBERMAN | TIMES STAFF WRITER
The latest fatality in escalating gang violence in Shreveport, La., has been identified as a 24-year-old Los Angeles man who had been sought by police as a suspect in a 1988 drive-by murder in the South-Central Los Angeles area.
For the last year, police said, the suspect, Larry Alonzo Winters, had been living in Shreveport under the name "Dante Ford," becoming one of the leaders of a Crips faction whose war with another gang is believed responsible for scores of drive-by shootings. Twelve people have been shot in the last week, five wounded in separate incidents on Monday alone.
On Tuesday night, Shreveport police said, a man identified as Ford was shot through the heart by a 9-millimeter round fired from a passing Cadillac. A 15-year-old boy, standing nearby in front of a gang hangout, was wounded in the foot.
Authorities said Thursday that a fingerprint check and a records search through the Los Angeles police gang computer determined that the dead man was Winters--a member of the 52nd Street Hoover Crips.
North Louisiana been bout it.
