Key Takeaways
- A man, Rodney Lewis Jr., kicked in the door of his ex-girlfriend’s home searching for her new boyfriend.
- The new boyfriend shot Lewis multiple times, resulting in Lewis’s death at the scene.
- The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. on August 5 and is classified as domestic violence.
- The ex-girlfriend suffered a leg injury but is not in critical condition; a child in the house was unharmed.
- Police are investigating the case for potential self-defense, and no charges have been filed yet.
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SHREVEPORT, LA — A man kicked in the front door of his former girlfriend’s home Wednesday night to look for her new boyfriend, and the new boyfriend shot him dead inside the house, according to Shreveport police.
Shreveport Police and Fire responded to a shooting and a medical emergency on Thurgood Circle, near Curtis Lane and Henry Street, around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5, as reported by KSLA, which also carried the Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office identification of the man killed and the account investigators gave of how the confrontation started.
The coroner’s office identified him as Rodney Lewis Jr., 26. He died after being shot multiple times inside the home.
Investigators say Lewis went to the home of his former girlfriend, who is also the mother of his child. When he got there, he found that her new boyfriend had arrived shortly before him.
Lewis then allegedly tried to force his way in. Police say he kicked in the front door to search for the other man. The new boyfriend fired several shots. Lewis died at the scene.
Police are classifying the ongoing investigation as a domestic violence incident. What prompted Lewis to go to the house that night has not been released.
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The woman was struck once in the leg and taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A child was also inside the home and was not hurt. Nobody is suggesting the shooter meant to hit her. Whether a round went through a wall, through Lewis, or simply missed is something the investigation will have to sort out, and the source material does not say. But that is the piece worth talking about. Sheetrock does not stop bullets, and a forced entry at night gives you no time to think about what is behind your target. Knowing where the people you love are standing in your own house is something you work out long before somebody kicks the door in.
No charges have been filed. The Shreveport Police Department says the case is being investigated as a possible self-defense incident, and the investigation remains open. The man who fired has not been publicly identified, and prosecutors make the final determination on whether the shooting was legally justified.
