The country’s worst mass murder in more than two years happened in Shreveport over the weekend and the victims were eight children ranging in age from 3 to 11 years old. Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith says 31-year-old Shamar Elkins shot the children, seven of them were his own children. It happened in two different locations where he also shot the mothers of his children – his wife and his girlfriend.
Cut 3 (08) “…hospital and recovering.”
Smith said the sister of Elkins’ wife climbed onto the roof with two of the kids in an attempt to escape.
Cut 4 (06) “…in stable condition.”
The other child did not make it off the roof and was shot dead. Smith says the shooting stemmed from an argument between Elkins and his wife who were scheduled to appear in court today. They were in the midst of a divorce.
Mandeville Senator Patrick McMath has met with Governor Landry about revamping the state’s child welfare system. McMath introduced legislation last week that would dismantle the Department of Children and Family Services, moving most of its functions within the Louisiana Department of Health and having State Police run the child abuse hotline…
McMath is also proposing that the attorney general’s office would handle child support enforcement.
LSU gymnastics team nearly won its second national championship in three years on Saturday falling just short of Oklahoma. It was a historic season for Kailin Chio, who got 13 perfect 10s, including one on the vault on Saturday. And Chio will return next season along with 85-percent of the scoring from this year’s squad…