Father Guns Down 8 Children, 7 His Own

0:00It's April 20th. This is California News Today, local news powered by AI. A 31-year-old father in Shreveport, Louisiana, gunned down eight young children, seven of them his own, and a brutal family attack early Sunday. Morning. The kids reigns from three to 11 years old, and two women, including his wife, got shot and are fighting for their lives. Police called it a straight-up domestic incident with no clear trigger. The shooter, Shamar Elkins, started at one house before driving to another, where most of the whore went down, cops chased him after, and he died in a shootout with officers. One child even tried escaping onto the roof, but didn't make it, while another who jumped survived. Folks in the neighborhood are reeling, with neighbors hearing shots and seeing bodies covered up. Police Chief Wayne Smith said his heart's broken, imagining what first responders faced. Police members lit candles at a vigil, hugging their own kids tighter amid the grief. Elkins had a past arrest for firearms back in 2019, and served seven years in the Louisiana

1:05Army National Guard without deploying. Family said he was splitting from his wife, and the children's siblings, plus the cousin, were described as, sweet and happy. This marks the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in over two years, leaving a tight-knit area forever scarred, as investigators piece together the, while behind such unthinkable loss.