By Pat Culverhouse

Michael Kingston, the 24-year-old Shreveport man charged with second-degree murder in the October, 2024 shooting death of a Minden man has entered a not guilty plea.

Kingston, represented by the public defender’s office, entered the plea May 9 during arraignment in 26th Judicial District Court in Minden. A trial status conference was set for Aug. 4.

Kingston is accused of killing 36-year-old DeQuincy Jones, whose body was discovered in the parking lot of Hillside Apartments on Industrial Drive. Jones died from a single gunshot wound.

Detectives learned Kingston allegedly came to Minden with the intent to rob the victim under the pretense of selling him a firearm. When Jones allegedly resisted, a struggle over the gun ensued and the victim was shot once in the head at close range.

Minden police investigators reportedly obtained a warrant naming Kingston as the shooter after identifying and interviewing a credible witness to the shooting.  He was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 15 by the U.S. Marshal’s Service.

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