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It’s being widely reported that a guy named Shamar Elkins just shot and killed eight children in Shreveport, Louisiana.KTBS just reported the following. The bolding is mine:https://www.ktbs.com/news/spd-lsp-investigating-after-fatal-mass-shootings-involving-8-children-in-cedar-grove-police-chase-into/article_825e67e7-c0e2-44d1-8cf6-8af72e186002.htmlSPD, LSP investigating fatal mass shootings involving 8 children in Cedar Grove; victims identifiedApril 19, 2026SHREVEPORT, La. — Eight children are dead and two women were critically injured in a mass shooting Sunday morning in the Cedar Grove neighborhood. The suspected shooter, Shamar Elkins, is also dead. He was shot at a scene in Bossier City after a police chase.Elkins, 31, has a prior criminal conviction in Caddo District Court. He was arrested in...

On his Facebook page, Elkins shared a picture of him with his eldest daughter as she ate a burger Saturday, hours before his rampage. “Lol!!!! Took my oldest on a lil 1 on 1 date had to catch her down bad ugh ugh,” the killer wrote, along with a string of laughing emojis. Two weeks ago, Elkins shared a picture of himself posing with seven children as he described taking them to church for an Easter service. “Happy Easter had a wonderful time at church for the first time with all my kids what a blessed day,” he wrote in...