Reward offered for information in Wing Taxi owner’s death

NEW ORLEANS (KSLA) — Crime Stoppers of Greater New Orleans is offering a reward for any information related to the death of Shreveport native Richard “Snapper” Washington.

Richard Washington was followed home from work and shot to death in his backyard around 7:30 p.m. on October 10, 2021 in the 2200 block of Burgundy Street, two days after the grand opening of Wing Taxi on Toulouse Street.

The $10,000 reward expires Nov. 29, 2023.

Washington was a 1993 graduate of Green Oaks High School in Shreveport.

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