In 2019, Shamar Elkins fired near Shreveport's Caddo Magnet High and received 18 months' probation. Louisiana's plea system left him legally armed before he killed eight children in 2026.
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Eight children aged 3 to 11 were tragically killed in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana by army veteran Shamar Elkins - seven of the youngsters were his own ...
The shocking details of the Shreveport family massacre, where a veteran tragically killed eight children, including seven of his own, before being stopped by police. The community's reaction and ongoing investigation into this devastating event.
Louisiana mass shooting leaves eight children dead in domestic attack, now among the deadliest recent US shootings.
Officials and relatives say a man killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two women in two homes in Shreveport, Louisiana.
"I told him, 'You can beat stuff, man. I don't care what you're going through, you can beat it. Then I remember him telling me: 'Some people don't come back from their demons.'"
Two other women, including the gunman's wife, were also shot and sustained serious injuries, police officials said.
A haunting Easter photo shows Shamar Elkins smiling with his children just days before police say he killed eight them all in a horrific domestic rampage in Louisiana.
8 children killed, 2 women wounded in Louisiana shooting ...
Officials and relatives say a man killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot their mothers in two homes in Shreveport, Louisiana. The violence early Sunday was one ...