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

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"People attend a vigil to mourn eight children shot in a reported domestic violence incident,
in Shreveport, Louisiana, on April 20, 2026."

 

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Brown, the cousin of Elkins' wife, recalled how Elkins recently took the kids to church.

"And they were dressed so cute. All dressed alike," Brown said. "The Pugh family is a happy family. A joyous family. I’m not sure what happened ... I’m asking the nation for prayer. For the kids and the Elkins family.”

Shreveport officials have described the shooting on April 19 as domestic violence, saying Elkins shot the mother of his children and another woman, as well as his seven children and one of their cousins. Court records show Elkins married Shaneiqua Pugh in April 2024. Another woman, Christina Snow, sued Elkins for child support and was granted joint custody of their child, Sariahh, in 2017, court records show. Sariahh, 11, was among those killed in the shooting.

Elkins served in the Louisiana Army National Guard from 2013 to 2020 as a signal system specialist and a fire support specialist, an Army official told USA TODAY. He never deployed. At the time of the shooting, he was working for the United Parcel Service, the company confirmed

Family shares more details about Louisiana man who killed 8 kids

The stepfather of the gunman who killed eight people in Shreveport, Louisiana said the killer was recently having "dark thoughts."

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