Officials identify 8 children killed in Louisiana shooting

Fox News ^ | 04/20/2026

[BenLurkin]

The eight children killed in the Shreveport, Louisiana, shooting have had their names and ages released.

James Green, Shreveport City Council Member, provided the names and ages of the victims during a press conference on Monday.

“Today, we pause to honor the lives that were lost and families forever changed,” Green said. “Today we remember Jayla Elkins, age 3, Shayla Elkins, age 5, Kayla Pugh, age 6, Layla Pugh, age 7, Markaydon Pugh, age 10. Sariahh Snow, age 11. Khedarrion Snow, age 6. Braylon snow, age 5.”

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Our local news break said they were his own children?!?

[Tax-chick]

All but one, who was a cousin.

[KitJ]

Pure-D evil.

Killed his own children. Wounded wife. Wounded his girlfriend/baby mama. Killed one child, not his own.

Elkins shot and killed in Bossier City, away from Shreveport.

The heart bleeds for innocent children killed by a lunatic.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thanks for the clarification. Just mind-boggling!

[Tax-chick]

I know, it’s horrible.

[Obadiah]

Never doubt that evil walks among us.

[fwdude]

From the photo, he looks third-world. Like Haiti or some sh*thole like that.

[SecondAmendment]

> Our local news break said they were his own children?Sadly, Leftist/Dems only consider it to be a crime when a man does it ...

[TangoLimaSierra]

Elkins shot and killed in Bossier City, away from Shreveport.

Just across the river.

[doorgunner69]

“From the photo, he looks third-world. Like Haiti or some sh*thole like that.”

The fake news media will blame it on whitey and the ebil NRA, watch.

Could be from Jupiter, the narrative stays the same.

[Texas Eagle]

Interesting that almost every story references that he "previously served in the Louisiana National Guard" but not one mentions what gainful employment he participated in since or before. That's a lot of kids to be supporting on LANG retirement. If he even had one. Of course, the implication is that his enlistment had something to do with the killings. Go ahead, everybody. Dont 't let me down. Play the PTSD card.

RIP, kids.

[the_daug]

Close it is Shreveport.

[4Runner]

Maybe there is a sliding-scale app somewhere which identifies children at particular risk for violence directed at them by adults, based upon the oddness or weirdness of the names they are given at birth. It might help save innocent lives.

[KitJ]

Shreveport is a nasty place.

What I miss most about Louisiana is boudin.

[StAnDeliver]

"Maybe there is a sliding-scale app somewhere which identifies children at particular risk for violence directed at them by adults, based upon the oddness or weirdness of the names they are given at birth. It might help save innocent lives."

Shadoobie? Oran'jelo and Lemon'jelo (they were brothers)? Pringles? Schadenfreude?

[Texas Eagle]

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There. Fixed it.

[No name given]

Excellent advice.

[jagusafr]

Former military, spent eight years in the army National Guard and got out as a private. This is the definition of a “not a fast burner “ troop…

[frank ballenger]

RE: The fake news media will blame it on whitey and the evil NRA, watch.

News yesterday:
Calling the mass shooting a “total moral failure,” Newsom’s press office said the National Rifle Association “and their lackeys in Congress are complicit in this madness.”

In a separate social media statement posted to Newsom’s own account, he doubled down on his “moral failure” statement and called the shooting “preventable.”
KTLA News and other sources.