Shreveport, Louisiana

From Shreveport‘s KTBS.com of April 4, 2005

Fatal shooting ruled self-defense

An argument over a child left a Shreveport man shot to death Sunday night, police said.

Police concluded the shooting was in self-defense and no charges were filed.

Percy Davenport, 45, was killed during an argument that began over his 4-year-old grandniece, police said.

Police said the argument, which happened on the north edge of the city at Tower and Hawkins, was between Davenport and the child's father.

Davenport pulled two guns and came after the other man, who grabbed one of the guns and shot Davenport, police said.

The name of the man who shot Davenport was not released.