SHREVEPORT, La. – Authorities have identified a man who died early Thursday morning following a head-on collision on East Kings Highway as 20-year-old Christian Gant.
Officials later determined he had sustained gunshot wounds, marking Shreveport’s fourth homicide of 2025.
According to the Shreveport Police Department, the crash occurred around 3 a.m. near Bert Kouns Industrial Loop. First responders extricated Gant from his vehicle and discovered he had been shot. He was transported to Ochsner LSU Health hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:14 a.m.
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Gant was positively identified through fingerprint comparison.
The incident remains under investigation, and an autopsy has been ordered.
