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12-year-old Hawthorne Drive shooting victim named

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SHREVEPORT, La. - The Caddo Parish Coroner's Office has named Jaylen Coleman as the victim in the Hawthorne Drive shooting. It happened on Saturday at 11 p.m. Officers say 12-year-old Coleman was shot in the head while a group of adolescents allegedly tried breaking into parked cars in the 8800 block of Hawthorne Drive. The homicide is the 28th of the year in Caddo Parish and the 25th in Shreveport. The shooting remains under investigation by the Shreveport Police Department.