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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Corazon Victorino

8 Kids Dead, 1 System Failed: Why Shamar Elkins Was Free After Firing at Children in 2019

Law enforcement officers secure the scene following a deadly shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana (Credit: Tony Webster/WikiMedia Commons)

Eight children are dead early Sunday morning in Shreveport, Louisiana. And the loss of children aged three to 11 has definitely shaken the country. Families are grieving, and neighbours are left trying to make sense of how a man once linked to gunfire involving children was able to return to the streets.

What makes this tragedy even harder to accept is what happened in the past. Years before the shooting that claimed eight young lives, there were warning signs. Many now believe those signs were not met with the urgency they demanded.

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