Shreveport, Louisiana

From Shreveport’s KSLA.com of January 11, 2007

Police: Brothers Burglarize Home; Both Shot, One Killed

A pair of brothers looking for some quick cash were shot multiple times by the people they were trying to victimize, according to Shreveport police detectives.

Shots rang out in the 500 block of Stoner avenue around 11:00 p. m. Wednesday. Police say the brothers were shot multiple times by Emmanuel Henery after breaking into his home.

One brother died at LSU Hospital, the other was in surgery as of 3:45 a. m. Thursday.

When he is released police plan to charge him with one count of armed robbery, and one count of armed robbery with a firearm.

Police are withholding the brother's names until their family can be told what happened.

From Shreveport’s KSLA.com of January 11, 2007

Relatives of Robbery Suspects Speak Out

Wednesday night Shreveport Police responded to a shooting. "It's kind of sketchy as to what happened inside, the resident states there are two men down inside the residence," said Shreveport Detective Micheal McConnell. Twenty-four year old Leonard Ellison was killed... His brother... 20 year old Jeremy Ellison - shot six times and taken to LSU Hospital. The homeowner tells police he was being robbed. He hasn't been arrested. "At this particular time it doesn't look like that's going to happen," said Kacee Hargrave with the Shreveport Police Department. "It wasn't that crucial to take his life, true enough...he knew who they was, because he notified their voices," said cousin of Jeremy and Leonard, Denise Ellison. Family and friends say they've been denied access to him, police say that's because he's in custody. And while relatives concede the shooting of Jeremy and Leonard might have been self defense.... they say there's more to the story. "Supposedly to have told them there was a dude up there with a lot of money, and after she told them she went and told pop, two dudes at the back of the house, fixing to run up in there, so I feel like it was a set up," said Denise." Detectives look at all angles so if that's what the victim's family members are saying I'm sure that word will get back to the detectives and they'll look into whatever that allegation is," said Hargrave. The scene of the shooting was very busy, several people were in the home during the incident, and several shots were fired, so detectives will have plenty of evidence to sort out.