LA - 8 Children Killed in Mass Shooting in Shreveport. April 19,2026

[justtrish]

The article literally labels him a 'former army national guardsman' in the first sentence. The word army is right there. I didn't invent it. The word army is littered throughout the article, including a direct quote from an Army official about his service.

MOO

The National guard is part of the Army, but it is a bit different than someone serving in the Army. Maybe you know this, so I mean no offense, but in case you do not know, I'll share. When someone says Army most think active-duty service in the Army where the person's full-time job every day is being in the Army. The Army national guard is different in that someone usually has a different job they do and then one weekend a month they go away to train for the 2-3 days and then 2 weeks in the summer they go to annual training. They can be activated and sent overseas or even stateside, but typically someone in the National Guard is just serving a weekend a month and 2 weeks in the summer.

 

[Ladyotm]

The Associated Press reported that Elkins and his wife were in the middle of a separation and had been arguing about it before the shooting, according to Crystal Brown, a cousin of one of the wounded women. Brown told the AP that Elkins shared four children with his wife and three with another woman who lived close by, and Brown added that Elkins and his wife were due in court Monday…

Louisiana Shooting Kills 8 Children: What to Know

Seven of the victims are believed to be children of the gunman, who died after a police pursuit.

time.com

Troy Brown said he and his wife and their two children lived in a house on 79th Street with Elkins, his wife and their four children...
One of Troy Brown’s children, a 10-year-old boy was killed as well.
“I wasn’t aware he had a gun,” Brown said of Elkins. “If I would’ve known a gun was inside the home, I would have got rid of it.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/04/19/louisiana-shooting/

This is horrible. I wonder if Troy Brown is the brother -in-law. I also wonder how long the two families had been living together.

I hope these families can lean on each other as well as receive mental health support.

 

[maamager]

The National guard is part of the Army, but it is a bit different than someone serving in the Army. Maybe you know this, so I mean no offense, but in case you do not know, I'll share. When someone says Army most think active-duty service in the Army where the person's full-time job every day is being in the Army. The Army national guard is different in that someone usually has a different job they do and then one weekend a month they go away to train for the 2-3 days and then 2 weeks in the summer they go to annual training. They can be activated and sent overseas or even stateside, but typically someone in the National Guard is just serving a weekend a month and 2 weeks in the summer.

i had two friends in the guard who served overseas for a year in kuwait. i actually didn’t know that was a thing for NG myself until it happened. just my two cents