Shreveport man sentenced to life for the double weapon murder of Jeremy Wyatt

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – After receiving a probation for a previous attempted murder charge, a Shreveport man will still find himself permanently living life behind bars.

Lloyd Tremaine Cooks, 22, was found guilty of second-degree murder for the slaying of 31-year-old Jeremy “Ruru” Wyatt.

On August 11, 2025, a Caddo Parish judge ruled that Cooks must pay for the crime for the rest of his life for the June 2025 murder.

According to police reports, the two met at a gas station to make a transaction for marijuana when things took a turn.

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

A forensic pathologist testified that Wyatt died from multiple gunshot wounds from not only a pistol but also a rifle.

According to a press release from the Caddo Sheriff’s Department, Cooks gave officers a statement admitting to arranging the drug purchase, approaching Wyatt’s vehicle and firing at Wyatt multiple times.

This is not the 22-year-old’s first brush in with the law.

Cooks had previously been convicted on June 1, 2022, of aggravated battery, a lesser charge, for the attempted second-degree murder of Malcolm Simmon back in October of 2020.

In his most recent case, the judge has ordered that he must not only serve the mandatory life term in prison at hard labor and without benefit of parole, but also an additional decade in prison for violating the terms of a probation granted for the earlier murder attempt.

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