In the early autumn of 2019, the life of a young Shreveport man, Roderyck Young, was tragically cut short. The 21-year-old Black male was found unresponsive on the morning of Tuesday, October 1, 2019. His body was discovered in the Martin Luther King Jr. neighborhood, at the intersection of Hanna Street and Jones Mabry Road.
Concern for Young's welfare had begun days earlier when his grandmother reported him missing on the preceding Sunday.
The family's anxious search for him ended in the most devastating way possible. When police arrived at the scene, they found that Young had sustained obvious gunshot wounds. The investigation was immediately treated as a homicide.
An autopsy later confirmed that Roderyck Young's death was a result of his injuries. The news of his violent death sent ripples of grief through his family and community. In the wake of this tragedy, his family sought support through online donations to help with funeral arrangements.
Despite the immediate classification of his death as a homicide and the subsequent investigation, there have been no publicly available reports detailing any arrests made or suspects identified in connection with the murder of Roderyck Young. The case, like the lives it shattered, remains unresolved, leaving a painful void for those who knew and loved him.
