Shreveport man sentenced in fatal hit-and-run collision with Hearne Avenue pedestrian

A man arrested following a suspected hit-and-run collision that caused a death last year has been sentenced in Caddo District Court.

After entering a plea of guilty, Leavern Johnson of Shreveport, 30, was sentenced to seven years in prison in connection with the death of Blake Tannen, 40, in the Lakeside area of the city on Aug. 18, 2025.

Shreveport Police reported finding Tannen dead at the scene after an 8:20 p.m. call to a collision near J.S. Clark Middle School. He was lying in the grass…

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