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A gunman who killed seven of his own children and an eighth minor in a domestic violence incident on Sunday (April 19) in Shreveport, Louisiana has been identified as Shamar Elkins.

He was later fatally shot by police following a vehicle chase.

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00:01A gunman who killed seven of his own children and an eighth minor in a domestic violence incident on Sunday
00:07in Shreveport, Louisiana, has been identified as Shamar Elkins.
00:12He was later fatally shot by police following a vehicle chase.
00:16Shreveport Police Department spokesperson Christopher Bordelon said the gunman is the father of seven of the children that were killed
00:24in the house.
00:24I can tell you the suspect in this case, Shamar Elkins, has been identified. He is the father of seven
00:32of the children that were killed in this house.
00:34There is an eighth child that was also killed, as well as the two females that were involved. Both of
00:40them had gunshot wounds.
00:43One of them is still in life-threatening condition. The other is in serious condition, but is expected to recover.
00:48There was also an additional female and an additional 13-year-old juvenile that fled from this house and actually
00:54jumped off the roof.
00:55They both had injuries sustained from fleeing from the incident, but they are both expected to recover.
01:01Shreveport Mayor Tom Arsenault described the incident as a terrible tragedy.
01:05It was a terrible event to occur. It's especially important in distressing that victims are all children.
01:16Apparently had some relationship with the assailant. It lets you know that evil still exists in the world, and that
01:24we need to be fighting everything we can to overcome that evil with good, to shed light in the darkness.
01:32Police are still working to determine the motive behind the attack.
01:45A Dawn 근데
01:45A Dawn
01:45Did you know that evil still has the idea of evil as of that evil.
01:46Dr. Scott
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