What we know about the Louisiana rampage that left 8 children dead and 2 women injured

A Louisiana community is reeling from a “catastrophic” shooting in which a man killed seven of his children and another child and seriously injured his wife and a woman described as his girlfriend

A Louisiana community is reeling from a “catastrophic” shooting in which a man killed seven of his children and another child and seriously injured his wife and a woman described as his girlfriend.

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Police have identified the man, who also died, as Shamar Elkins.

Shreveport Councilman Grayson Boucher said the city has “a true epidemic of domestic violence.”