US EditionWhat to Know About a Louisiana Father Fatally Shooting 8 Children, Including His Own
Authorities said the attack was a domestic incident that left two women critically wounded and became the deadliest U.S. mass shooting in more than two years.
- On Sunday, 31-year-old Shamar Elkins killed eight children and wounded two women across two Shreveport homes in what authorities described as a "violent domestic incident."
- Family members stated Elkins and his wife were separating with a court date scheduled for Monday; relatives told KTLA 5 that he had recently "expressed suicidal thoughts."
- The victims, aged 3 to 11, included seven of Elkins' children and one cousin, while a 13-year-old boy escaped by jumping from the 79th Street roof, sustaining "some broken bones."
- Following the attack, Elkins led police on a pursuit into Bossier Parish, where officers opened fire; authorities confirmed he died, though it remains unclear if he was killed by gunfire or self-inflicted wounds.
- This mass shooting is the deadliest in the United States in over two years, and court records show Elkins had a prior felony gun conviction—which under Louisiana law should have banned him from possessing firearms.
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Police in Louisiana are trying to figure out how a man with a prior illegal firearms conviction got a gun and used it to kill eight children on Sunday morning. Officials say 31-year-old Shamar Elkins, a former National Guard member, shot 10 people on Sunday, killing eight children between the ages of 3 and 11, and injuring two women. He was later killed in a shootout with police. Seven of the children killed were his. The eighth was a relative.…
What to Know About Louisiana Father Fatally Shooting 8 Children, Including His Own
SHREVEPORT, La.—A Louisiana father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, and shot and wounded his wife and another woman in the deadliest mass shooting in the United States in more than two years. The attack on Sunday morning unfolded in two homes in a Shreveport neighborhood. The gunman, identified as 31-year-old Shamar Elkins, died after a police pursuit that ended with officers firing on him, authorities said. Police have n…
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TIMELINE: Mass shooting that killed 8 children in Shreveport
On April 19, 2026, Shreveport Police responded to a series of shootings, a carjacking, and a police pursuit, resulting in multiple victims dead and the suspect, Shamar Elkins, killed by police in Bossier City.
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