2026 Shreveport shooting

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On April 19, 2026, a mass shooting occurred at a home in the Cedar Grove neighborhood of Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. The perpetrator, 31-year-old Shamar Elkins, killed eight children between the ages of 3 and 11. Seven were his own children, and one was their cousin. His wife, Shaneiqua Pugh, and his ex-wife, Christina Snow, the mother of three of his children, were wounded by gunfire. Elkins fled after a carjacking and led police on a pursuit into Bossier City, Louisiana. He died during a confrontation with officers; a preliminary autopsy attributed his death to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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