SHREVEPORT, La. -- A man who shot and killed a childhood friend on a central Shreveport basketball court was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder in Caddo District Court. Andre Deshun Gladney, now 22, but who was 18 at the time of the March 7, 2022 shooting, was found guilty unanimously by the six-man, six-woman jury in District Judge Ramona Emanuel's court after deliberations that lasted less than an hour. Taurean Coleman, 19, Gladney's friend since middle school, was shot and killed on the basketball court at Anderson Island Park in Shreveport. Gladney surrendered to Shreveport police later that day, claiming he acted in self-defense. Jurors learned that Coleman was shot eight times, with six shots fired into his back. DNA on the gun matched Gladney and blood o

See Full Page