In April 2026, Shamar Elkins shot and killed eight children — seven of whom were his own Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

Shamar Elkins, an Army veteran, is the suspect of a shooting in Louisiana that resulted in the deaths of eight children, including his own.

A photo purportedly showing the suspect with children has also surfaced.

Eight children, ranging in age from just 3 to 11 years old, were killed early Sunday morning in Shreveport, Louisiana, in a shocking act of violence that marks the nation’s deadliest mass shooting in ...

Eight children, aged from one to 14 years old, were killed in a violent domestic incident in Shreveport, Louisiana. The gunman shot 10 victims in all ...

The Louisiana gunman who murdered eight children — including seven of his own — before he was killed was a 31-year-old Army vet who posted a picture of himself with one of his daughters hours before ...

Shamar Elkins has been named as the suspect in a devastating mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, resulting in eight children dead and many others injured.

Police say Shamar Elkins killed eight children, seven his own, in a Shreveport domestic attack before dying in a police pursuit.

Authorities in Louisiana identified the man accused of carrying out a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, that killed eight children, including seven of his own. Shreveport officials say Shamar ...

The killer ended up shooting the eight children -- including seven of his own -- execution-style Sunday morning.

Shamar Elkins, a 31-year-old from Louisiana, killed his seven children and another child, revealing a history of depression ...

Authorities said the suspect, an adult man, died after a police pursuit that ended in neighbouring Bossier Parish. Officers opened fire following a chase that began when the suspect allegedly carjacke ...