Eight Children Dead In Louisiana Through Domestic Violence

Two women were also shot but survived. From KSLA News 12:

"Officials said they’re still gathering details about the crime scene, which extends across four locations. The four locations include two homes in which gunshot victims were found, the scene of a carjacking in which the suspect reportedly stole a car, and the scene where the suspect was shot dead in Bossier City."
 
Here is the link from NBC. I haven't read through the whole article yet, but it appears that there were two separate shootings.

Mass Shootings
I just read it in the news.... this is absolutely horrendous!..... what a terrible thing to happen...

At least 10 people were shot, and eight juveniles including a baby


At least 10 people were shot, and eight juvenile victims died after the Shreveport Police Department was called just after 6am to reports of a domestic disturbance involving the suspected shooter, Shamar Elkins, 31.

The youngest victim in the unfathomable tragedy was 18 months old, and the eldest was 14 years old.
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Shamar Elkins (picutred center) , 31, allegedly opened fire early Sunday morning in Shreveport, Louisiana, killing eight young children. Police have yet to confirm the identities of the children killed

Some of the children killed were 'descendants' of Elkins, police said, without providing further details.

Two adult women survived the bloody incident after being shot in the head, meanwhile a young boy who was also at the home when gunfire erupted was seen jumping from the roof in a bid to escape the attack, KTBS reported.

The horrific ordeal unfolded across three different locations. The first, 300 block of West 79th Street near Linwood Avenue, was where the children were massacred in a home just a stone's throw away from a Baptist church.

Elkins then performed a carjacking at that location and led officers on a high-speed chase, traveling a quarter-mile away to Harrison Street, between Wallace Avenue and Bernstein Avenue.

He then drove to the third location, in Bossier Parish, on Brompton Lane near Long Acre Drive. He was shot and killed by police there.

The crime scene was described as 'rather extensive' by police spokesperson Christopher Bordelon. 'We do believe him to be the only individual that fired gunshots at these locations here,' he added.
 
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