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Nicholas Kent Sparks

Case from Shreveport, LA dated Jan 17, 2021

Victim Details

Nicholas Kent Sparks

Male

White / Caucasian

Shreveport

LA

2021-01-17

25

Nicholas

Kent Sparks

06/30/2026

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Nicholas Kent Sparks, a 25-year-old man from Shreveport, Louisiana, was shot on the night of January 17, 2021, in what began as an urgent call for help and ended in silence along Lakeshore Drive. Around 8:00 p.m., Shreveport police were dispatched to the 3800 block of Lakeshore Drive, where officers found Sparks with a gunshot wound to the chest. The injury was catastrophic; police said he died at the scene, and later reporting tied to the coroner’s office placed the shooting outside a home ne ...
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  • The Times: Victim identified in deadly Lakeshore Drive shooting
  • KTBS: Victim identified in fatal Lakeshore Drive shooting
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