Felon Charged in Shreveport Mass Shooting

0:00It's April 22nd, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Dallas News today, local news powered by AI, a heartbreaking mass shooting rock-shree port Louisiana on April 19th, leaving eight children dead and two adult women injured across two homes. The gunman, Shamar Elkins, father to seven of the kids and husband to one of the women opened fire early that Sunday morning before stealing a car, leading police on a chase and getting killed. Now officials dropped a big update this week. They traced the rifle used in the attack back to a 56-year-old man named Charles Ford, a convicted felon not allowed to own guns. Cordoc say, Ford first lied to agents, claiming he never had it, but later admitted keeping it under his truck seat. Ford fingered Elkins as the thief, saying the gun vanished around March 9th after Elkins rode with him. Investigators from ATF and Shreef port PD linked it all up fast. The community is reeling, still processing the loss of those young lives in what cops

1:02call a domestic disturbance. Ford now faces federal charges, felon in possession, up to 15 years, plus making false statements to feds, up to five more. No clear motive yet for Elkins and questions linger on the eighth child and second injured woman. Police aren't saying if Elkins died by copfire or his own hand. As the probe pushes forward, holding Ford accountable offers a sliver of justice since Elkins won't face trial. Shreef ports healing starts with answers like these.