SHREVEPORT, La. – An Elysian Fields Excessive junior was fatally shot Saturday in the course of the Krewe of Gemini parade.
The Caddo Coroner’s Workplace mentioned Kip Lewis, 17, of Marshall, was shot close to the Magnolia College of Excellence on the Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway Service Highway round 5:45 p.m. He was taken to Ochsner LSU Well being hospital, the place he died at 6:17 p.m.
His dying is the eleventh murder within the metropolis this 12 months.
Shreveport police haven’t launched any details about the capturing. Quite a few calls have been made to the Police Division with no response.
The Elysian Fields ISD administration launched an announcement on its Fb web page Sunday morning, saying Lewis is the son of Bradley and Lorie Lewis, and brother of EFHS graduates Makenna and Hannah. Bradley Lewis serves as a board member on the EFISD Board of Trustees and Lorie Lewis has been a longtime second-grade trainer at Elysian Fields Elementary College.
“Our hearts are breaking for Kip’s household and his many mates in our neighborhood and past. EFISD is closed for Presidents Day on Monday however the district will make elevated counseling providers accessible from our district, via Area 7 ESC, and our native church buildings for all college students once we return to high school on Tuesday. We ask that you just please be a part of us in surrounding the Lewis household with love and prayers as we decide to standing with them via this most troublesome time,” the assertion reads.
Lewis was additionally a standout athlete. The Rawlings Tigers expressed sympathy to his household as nicely.