Rome, 20 April (LaPresse) – Seven of the eight children killed in Louisiana were the killer’s children. The tragedy occurred in the Shreveport neighbourhood, which has been shaken by one of the deadliest mass shootings in the country in recent years. Two women, including the attacker’s wife, who was the mother of their children, were also shot and seriously injured, according to Shreveport Police Department spokesman Chris Bordelon. Officials said the children – who were all killed in the same house – were aged between 3 and 11. The attacker, identified as Shamar Elkins, 31, died following a police chase that ended with officers opening fire on him. The authorities have not specified what may have triggered the violence, but investigators are certain that the shooting was “entirely an incident of domestic violence”. The attack was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States in over two years.
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