Shreveport man sentenced in ambush murder at convenience store
SHREVEPORT, La. -- A Shreveport man convicted last month of ambushing and killing a man outside a convenience store was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.
SHREVEPORT, La. -- A Shreveport man convicted last month of ambushing and killing a man outside a convenience store was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.
Caddo District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr. meted out the mandatory sentence to Deonza McClinton, 32, for the June 4, 2024 slaying of Billy Ray Doyle, 41, at a Linwood Avenue convenience store.
McClinton and a codefendant ambushed Doyle at the In & Out convenience store. McClinton was armed with a 300 Blackout assault-style rifle, which evidence revealed was fired 22 times.
Doyle suffered wounds to every internal organ in his body except his spleen, bladder and left kidney. Footage from area business security cameras, the Real Time Crime Center and License Plate Readers showed the shooters' vehicle in the vicinity, as well as the driver, the co-defendant.
At the trial, the defense argued that the shooting was in self-defense, but that was rejected by the jury.
McClinton was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Christopher S. Bowman and Chase Burgess. He was defended by Carlos Prudhomme.
McClinton's co-defendant will face trial in September.