Louisiana community is struggling to understand after man killed 8 children
Police say a Louisiana man who fatally shot seven of his children and another child used an an assault-style weapon despite a 2019 felony firearms conviction
By SOPHIE BATES, LEKAN OYEKANMI and JACK BROOK - Associated Press
A man holds a candle during a prayer vigil for the victims of a mass shooting earlier in the day, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Shreveport, La.
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People light candles during a prayer vigil for the victims of a mass shooting earlier in the day, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Shreveport, La.
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Police work outside the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Shreveport, La.
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Council woman Tabatha Taylor, right, hugs an unknown person outside the scene of a mass shooting in Shreveport, La., Sunday, April 19, 2026.
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Councilman Reverend James Green consoles people outside the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Shreveport, La.
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A person passes the home where a mass shooting occurred the day before in Shreveport, La., Monday, April 20, 2026.
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A woman walks to leave flowers and balloons on the front lawn of the home where children were killed during a mass shooting the day before in Shreveport, La., Monday, April 20, 2026.
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Attendees pray at the conclusion of a news conference about the children killed during a mass shooting the day before in Shreveport, La., Monday, April 20, 2026.
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Shreveport Marshal James Jefferson speaks during a news conference about the children were killed during a mass shooting the day before in Shreveport, La., Monday, April 20, 2026.
By SOPHIE BATES, LEKAN OYEKANMI and JACK BROOK - Associated Press
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A stunned Louisiana city struggled to come to grips Monday with the massacre of eight children carried out by a father who was separating from his wife and used an assault-style weapon despite a 2019 felony firearms conviction.
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A woman walks to leave flowers and balloons on the front lawn of the home where children were killed during a mass shooting the day before in Shreveport, La., Monday, April 20, 2026.
Attendees pray at the conclusion of a news conference about the children killed during a mass shooting the day before in Shreveport, La., Monday, April 20, 2026.
Shreveport Marshal James Jefferson speaks during a news conference about the children were killed during a mass shooting the day before in Shreveport, La., Monday, April 20, 2026.
