Caiden Smith, age 12, a Black boy from Shreveport, Louisiana, was fatally wounded on the night of August 9, 2025, after an accidental self-inflicted gunshot in a home on the 500 block of West 74th Street in the Cedar Grove neighborhood. Police were dispatched around 8:50–9:30 p.m., and the firearm involved was recovered as detectives processed the scene. He was taken by family to Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, where he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter, according to details released by th
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