Shreveport, LA (4/27/2023) – Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office reported a man drowned at Wallace Lake.
Just before noon on Thursday, April 27, 2023, Caddo Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Wallace Lake to assist firefighters with Caddo Fire District 5 on a call that a Shreveport man had fallen into the lake.
At 12:02 p.m., deputies pulled the man out of the water, which was unresponsive. Firefighters performed CPR on the man and transported him to Willis Knighton Piermont, where he died at 12:53 p.m.
It has not been determined if the man died from drowning or if he had a medical condition. After an autopsy, the Caddo Coroner’s Office will make that announcement.
At the time of this release, the man’s identity is being withheld until his family has been notified.
