Local “predator hunters” trigger SPD investigations against former KTBS news anchor

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SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTAL/KMSS) – Former KTBS news anchor Bill Lunn, who also served as the organization’s news director, is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the Shreveport Police Department.

The investigation was triggered by the efforts of three local men who said they had made it their mission to catch men attempting to have sexual intercourse with underage girls.

“We do this like we’re catching child molesters,” said Antonio Coleman.

On Monday, Coleman, his cousin Kameron Kennon and longtime friend Kataurio Grigsby showed NBC 6 News’ Dan Jovic the evidence they presented to police and gave a firsthand account of the events of Wednesday, May 29.

The trio call themselves predator hunters. For just over three weeks, they have been posing as underage girls online to lure local men who supposedly want to have sex with them.

Catfishing involves creating a false online identity to trick others and strategically gain the trust of victims.

“It’s just crazy how quickly they’re willing to meet young women,” Kennon said. “It’s crazy.”

The trio says they were caught off guard by their deployment last Wednesday. That day, Shreveport police received a call at 11:04 a.m. The call was from Bill Lunn.

According to Shreveport police and a dispatch report obtained by NBC 6 News, Lunn claimed he was the victim of assault. But a case report on the alleged incident paints a different story. It says the alleged crime was not assault, but computer-assisted sexual solicitation.

Coleman says they are the reason.

“As soon as he saw us, he just ran,” Coleman said.

They created a fake “meet me” profile. The profile is that of an underage girl. They say they then wait for men to like the profile and start a conversation. They say Lunn started a conversation on Tuesday evening, May 28th.

“They chatted a little and he asked how old she was. The girl told him she was 15,” said Coleman, who said he played the girl’s role online.

Coleman says he and Lunn exchanged dozens of text messages over the next few hours. He says the conversations quickly turned to sex.

“He sent her pictures. He said he wanted to do this to her,” Coleman said. “Explicit things that I can’t say on camera.”

Coleman checked the phone number he sent the text message from; it was the same number Lunn listed on his LinkedIn profile.

On Monday, NBC 6 News was shown images from the text message chain allegedly sent by Lunn, which showed sexually explicit photos of him. According to Coleman, Lunn had set a date for the meeting for the 29th.

“He came home from work on his lunch break to meet her,” Coleman said.

According to Coleman, when Lunn arrived at the agreed meeting point, the trio jumped out and informed Lunn of what had happened.

“You could see the guilt in his eyes. He knew, ‘Oh, I’m done,'” Coleman said.

They say Lunn ran and later called Shreveport police, claiming he was the victim of assault and battery.

Coleman, Kennon and Grigsby waited for the police to arrive. Hours of questioning followed. The incident report states that Shreveport police were on the scene for four hours and 21 minutes. According to the men, Lunn was handcuffed in the back seat of a police vehicle for hours.

All those involved were released from the scene without charges being filed.

Shreveport Police say Lunn is currently under investigation as a result of the events of that day.

NBC 6 News attempted to reach Lunn to get his side of the story. Our call went unanswered and unreturned.

“When Bill ran away, he yelled, ‘I have a wife and kids,'” Grigsby said. “I sat there as he ran away and I was thinking in my mind, ‘How can you say something like that when you literally walked into the house expecting to meet an underage teenager?'”

Lunn resigned from both positions at KTBS on Monday morning. His profile was immediately deleted from the station’s website.

Calls to KTBS management regarding the incident went unanswered.

Coleman, Kennon and Grigsby claim that they arrested ten men in just three weeks as part of their vigilante justice.

This is a developing story; stay with us as we continue to investigate