Ford Charged in Shreveport Shooting

0:00It's April 21st, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Canada News Today, your AI-powered local news. Court documents just dropped revealing that Charles Ford owned the assault-style gun, used in that horrific, shrieve-port shooting where eight kids lost. Their lives. Ford told Feds he thinks Shamar Elkins swiped it from his truck around March 9, weeks before the attack hit a neighborhood before dawn. Elkins, father to seven of those children, was one of the few folks who rode in Ford's truck, which is why he got suspected. The rampage wounded Elkins' wife and another woman across two houses, and Elkins died later in a police chase, unclear if from cop shots or his own. Hand. The kids killed were three boys and five girls, ages three to eleven, leaving the community reeling. U.S. Attorney Zachary Keller said, since Elkins can't face justice, they're pushing to hold Ford accountable for some solace. Now Ford faces federal charges as a felon with a firearm and lying to agents.

1:01He first denied owning the gun. He's said to get a public defender, with no comment yet from past lawyers or family. Investigators keep digging alongside partners, aiming to wrap some closure around this tragedy for Shreveport.