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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Mom who lost 3 kids in Louisiana shooting still has a bullet lodged in her face, cousin says

Christina Snow was one of two women injured in the rampage that killed eight children in Shreveport.

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Snow was shot in the face, according to her cousin. He said Snow’s mom told him that the bullet went through her nose and is still lodged in her face.

“Doctors say they didn’t want to do surgery and risk it,” he said.

Snow can talk, but she has memory issues, Jamarckus Snow said, recounting what his cousin’s mother has shared with him.

One day, she’ll remember they’re dead. I heard yesterday she woke up and was like, ‘I got to get my kids ready for school.’ She’ll lose memory of what happened,” he said. “One day, she’ll know, and the next day, she’s thinking her kids is still there

 

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Shamar Elkins’ chilling warning to wife years before massacring 8 kids in Shreveport, Louisiana

The shooter was due to battle his estranged wife in divorce court the day after the Louisiana slaughter.

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The deranged Army vet who savagely murdered his seven kids and nephew in Louisiana on Sunday once ominously warned his wife he would kill their entire family if she ever left him.

“I’ll kill you, my kids and myself,” Shamar Elkins, 31, hissed to his spouse, Shaneiqua Pugh, three years ago after she said she was considering filing for divorce, according to the killer’s adoptive mother, who witnessed the comment, to the New York Times

 

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A local foundation will pay for the kids' funerals.

Foundation covering funeral costs for 8 children killed in Louisiana mass shooting

Authorities are continuing to investigate a deadly shooting where eight children lost their lives on Sunday morning.

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Shamar Elkins is typical of many mass killers. They are dangerous injustice collectors. There were many red flags with him.