A Shreveport man was found guilty Tuesday after a bench trial in Caddo District Court.
67 year old Ronald Berry Parker was found guilty in the 2019 murder of Roderick
Gaut, 39, by 1st Judicial District Judge Chris Victory.
According to the Caddo District Attorneys Office, Gaut had just returned to his
mother-in-law’s residence after the funeral of a family member. Parker, who lived
next door, complained about one of the family members parking in his driveway,
confronting Gaut and becoming verbally abusive with him. Gaut pushed Parker away,
where upon Parker took a .22 caliber revolver out of his pocket and shot Gaut once
in the chest in front of Gaut’s wife and 17-year-old son. Parker then went to
his house and called 911, admitting to the shooting.
Parker is scheduled to be sentenced, where he faces a mandatory life sentence.
