Horror in Louisiana: who was the perpetrator of the shooting in which eight boys died

The aggressor, who was shot dead by the police after fleeing the scene of the incident in a stolen vehicle, it is Shamar Elkins, as reported by the director of communications for the mayor of Shreveport, Leigh Anne Evensky, to the media CNN.

The attacker is a 31-year-old army veteran who posted a photo on social media shortly before the incident, in which one of his daughters was holding a hamburger. Local police confirmed that 7 of the 8 children he killed were his own children.

Elkin He died after a police chase that ended in a parish from around Shreveport, the spokeswoman added.

The shooting recorded this Sunday is the deadliest in the United States since 2024.

In addition to the dead, two other adult women were injured, one of them serious.

The crime scene covers about three homes in the Cedar Grove neighborhood of Shreveport, according to the preliminary investigation of the incident.

“This is a tragic situation, perhaps the most tragic situation we have ever experienced,” said Tom Arceneaux, mayor of this northwest Louisiana city of about 180,000 residents. “It’s a terrible morning,” he lamented.