
Man Shot Dead Eight Children in Louisiana Mass Shooting
A man shot and killed eight children, seven of them his own, in Shreveport, Louisiana on Sunday morning. He also shot two women, including the mother of some children, seriously injuring them. The gunman, Shamar Elkins, 31, fled in a carjacked vehicle and was shot dead by police after a pursuit. It was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States in more than two years, according to Gun Violence Archive data.
