Eight children killed in Louisiana mass shooting

EIGHT CHILDREN WERE shot dead in Louisiana in the US this morning.

Shreveport Police Department’s spokesperson Christopher Bordelon said in a news briefing that police responded to a shooting shortly after 6am local time.

It was a “domestic call in nature”, Bordelon said.

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It is “an extensive crime scene spanning between two residences”. A third residence is also part of the crime scene, based on preliminary information, he said.

At least ten individuals were struck by gunfire in the domestic disturbance. Eight children, aged between one and approximately 14, were killed.

A man suspected to be responsible for the attack fled the scene after hijacking a car and was chased by police. He was then shot dead by police.

Bordelon said it’s believed the deceased man is the only person who fired shots during the mass shooting. Some of the children killed “were his descendants”.

“It’s a terrible morning in Shreveport and we all mourn with the victims,” Mayor Tom Arceneaux said at the press conference.

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