Marshall Atkins shot and killed Broadmoor resident Jonathan Bellot on Oct. 9 of last year.
Two days before the shooting Atkins appeared in Judge Waddell - Garrett's courtroom on four drug and two weapons charges.
This was after he failed to appear at a prior court appearance and Erin Leigh had issued a bench warrant for Atkin's arrest. She set his bond at $37,500.
Atkins is a felon with a 2015 conviction of aggravated assault with a firearm. He received a three-year suspended sentence with a special condition of probation to not own or possess a firearm.
In Sept. of last year, before Erin Leigh set his bond, Atkins plead guilty to an unauthorized entry charge in Bossier parish.
After his arrest for murder Caddo District Judge John Mosely, Jr. set a $1 million bond for Atkins.
John came to Shreveport in January of 1977 when he was transferred to Barksdale AFB.
He’s been active in Shreveport politics since deciding to make Shreveport his home.
John practiced law for 40 years and he now monitors local politics. He regularly attends Shreveport City Council and Caddo Parish Commission meetings.
John is published weekly in The Inquisitor, bi-monthly in The Forum News, and frequently in the Shreveport Times.
He enjoys addressing civic groups on local government issues and elections.