Joshua Joseph Naverro was a 23-year-old Black man from Houma, Louisiana, whose life ended after a gunshot to the head in December 2015. In the hours that followed the shooting, he was taken to Terrebonne General Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead; published death notices place the time at 4:27 p.m. on December 10, 2015.
Accounts tied to the investigation describe the shooting as happening on Jennings Lane in Houma, late on the night of December 10.
In that version of events, Naverro was struck in the head and then succumbed to the wound shortly afterward, a detail that later appeared in local reporting about gun violence in Terrebonne Parish.
Not long after, investigators focused on Calvin Demon Hollis of Thibodaux. Reporting at the time said Hollis faced a manslaughter charge in connection with Naverro’s death, and that Hollis told investigators the shooting was accidental—claiming he had been “playing” with a firearm when it malfunctioned and discharged, sending a bullet into Naverro’s head. The same coverage also noted Hollis was a convicted felon, a circumstance highlighted as part of broader concerns about guns ending up in the hands of people legally barred from possessing them.
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