Keldric Cheney was 32 when he was fatally shot on the evening of October 6, 2016, in the 1400 block of Fenner Street in Alexandria, Louisiana. After the shooting he was taken in a private vehicle to CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Alexandria Police Department opened a homicide investigation and identified 28-year-old Christopher Darnell Shackleford as the primary suspect; Shackleford had a prior violent criminal record in Rapides Parish.

U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task Force officers located Shackleford at the England Apartments on Dublin Road. When they moved to apprehend him he barricaded himself inside an apartment and shots were reportedly fired as marshals approached. After hours of a police response that included SWAT and a mobile command unit and negotiations involving law enforcement and family members, Shackleford exited the building firing a weapon and was shot and killed by law enforcement. The officer-involved shooting investigation was turned over to the Louisiana State Police.

If anyone has information about Cheney, his movements on October 6, 2016, or witnesses to the shooting on Fenner Street, please share what is known.