Mass Shooting Louisiana

A Louisiana father fatally shot his seven children and another child, wounded his wife and another woman the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in more than two years. The killings occurred Sunday morning at two homes in a Shreveport neighborhood, and authorities identified the gunman as 31-year-old Shamar Elkins. They said Elkins died after a police pursuit that ended with officers firing on him, authorities said. The murdered children ranged in age from 3 to 11 and were all at the home of Elkins's wife. The shootings began before sunrise Sunday. Elkins and his wife were separating and were due in court Monday.

Across Shreveport, Louisiana, schools were limping through the day, stung by the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in more than two years. Seven siblings and a cousin were killed Sunday. The children ranged in age from 3 to 11.  At a preschool program in the city, teacher Angela Hall lasted until noon. One of the dead was a student, a boy she described as a “cool little dude.” She had just pulled his mother aside last week to brag that he could write his first and last name. Now she is praying. “Just give us that strength.”