Life sentence: Man convicted of using a pistol and a rifle to murder victim

CADDO PARISH (KTAL/KMSS) – A Shreveport man who killed another man during a drug deal gone bad was found guilty of second-degree murder by a Caddo Parish jury.

Lloyd Tremaine Cooks, 21, was convicted by a jury of four men and eight women after approximately two hours of deliberation.

Jurors determined that late June 25, 2022, Cooks met victim Jeremy “Ruru” Wyatt, 31, at a local gas station to purchase marijuana.

Before the buy ended, Cooks exited his car and fired more than two dozen shots from two guns at Wyatt, killing him.

Cooks gave officers a statement admitting to arranging the drug purchase, approaching Wyatt’s vehicle and firing at Wyatt multiple times.

A forensic pathologist testified that Wyatt died from multiple gunshot wounds from both a pistol and a rifle. Testimony was also provided by a passenger in Wyatt’s vehicle, responding officers, and SPD investigators. Parts of the incident were recorded on nearby surveillance video.

Cooks was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Victoria Washington and Courtney Ray.

He faces a mandatory life prison term at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.