A Louisiana father shot and killed seven of his own children and a cousin in a violent rampage that has left the city of Shreveport reeling. The attack, which also critically wounded his wife and another woman, is being called the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in over two years. The chaos unfolded on April 19 when police received a frantic call from someone on the roof of a home on West 79th Street.
According to CNN, the caller reported that Shamar Elkins, 31, had just shot someone inside the house. Minutes later, the caller, identified as a family member, told dispatch that Elkins had opened fire on everyone in the home. By 6:01 a.m., officers arrived to find a scene of horror. Some of the children had tried to escape through the back door, leaving behind bullet holes as evidence of their desperate attempt to flee.
