{"id":86988,"date":"2026-04-20T01:58:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=86988"},"modified":"2026-04-20T01:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:58:20","slug":"shreveport-louisiana-mass-shooting-police-say-shamar-elkins-is-gunman-who-killed-8-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/shreveport-louisiana-mass-shooting-police-say-shamar-elkins-is-gunman-who-killed-8-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Shreveport, Louisiana Mass Shooting: Police say Shamar Elkins is Gunman who killed 8 children"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m3.gab.com\/media_attachments\/2c\/3b\/f3\/2c3bf3c2730a99ce7ff5f70f8350adef.jpeg?width=568\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"headline headline--single-fallback\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/19\/us-news\/8-kids-ages-1-to-14-killed-in-mass-shootings-across-shreveport-louisiana\/\">Gunman kills 8 kids \u2014 including 7 of his own \u2014 in mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>A crazed Louisiana dad fatally shot eight kids \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/19\/us-news\/shamar-elkins-named-as-louisiana-gunman-who-murdered-8-kids\/\">including seven of his own children<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 and wounded two women during a rampage Sunday morning.<\/h2>\n<h2>Seven of the slain kids were the children of murderous, deranged dad and 31-year-old Army vet Shamar Elkins, who also killed his kids\u2019 cousin during the massacre, according to local officials.<\/h2>\n<h2>The victims\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/19\/us-news\/8-kids-massacred-by-deranged-army-vet-shamar-elkins-in-louisiana-shooting-idd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ranged in age from 3 to 11<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<h2>Cops found seven of the murdered children in one house \u2014 while the eighth child killed appeared to have futilely tried to escape off the roof on the back of the house when he was shot, Shreveport Police Department spokesman Christopher Bordelon said.<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/19\/us-news\/8-kids-ages-1-to-14-killed-in-mass-shootings-across-shreveport-louisiana\/\">RTWT @ NY Post<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84329 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Black-Niglet-Painting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Black-Niglet-Painting.png 568w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Black-Niglet-Painting-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83417 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Black-Nig-Toss.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunman kills 8 kids \u2014 including 7 of his own \u2014 in mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana &nbsp; A crazed Louisiana dad fatally shot eight kids \u2014\u00a0including seven of his own children\u00a0\u2014 and wounded two women during a rampage Sunday morning. 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