We’re getting updated information on yesterday’s tragedy in Shreveport. Andrew Greenstein got an updated timeline on the mass shooting that killed eight children.
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LSU gymnastics just missed out on winning its second national championship on Saturday. Jeff Palermo reports the Tigers plan to be in the hunt again next year for a natty…
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We’re getting updated information on yesterday’s tragedy in Shreveport, in which eight children were shot dead in the country’s worst mass murder in more than two years. Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith told a news conference late this morning that the two women who were injured during the shooting spree are both still alive.
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The victim in the first house was the girlfriend of the shooter, 31-year-old Shamar Elkins. Elkins took the three kids he shared with her from that home and went to his wife’s home about a half mile away. His five other kids, along with one of their cousins, were at that house. Once there, Elkins shot and killed eight kids, ranging in age from three to 11 years old. Smith said the sister of Elkins’ wife climbed onto the roof with two of the kids in an attempt to escape.
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The other child did not make it off the roof and was shot dead. Smith says while Elkins was the father of all eight victims, the children were split between two women.
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The women identified their children to the Caddo Parish coroner’s office. Smith says investigators were able to quickly link the two scenes together.
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Smith says the shooting stemmed from an argument between Elkins and his wife. The two were apparently going through a divorce and, in fact, had been scheduled to appear in court today.
This tragedy is bringing the issue of domestic violence to the forefront. State Senator Sam Jenkins, whose district includes the location where the shootings took place, says the legislature addresses domestic violence every session. But in light of what happened yesterday, now is the time for lawmakers from both parties to come together to come up with common-sense solutions to the crisis.
City councilman Grayson Boucher (BOO-churr) says for those who are in situations where there’s domestic violence, no matter if you’re a child or an adult, there are ways to get out.
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Governor Jeff Landry accuses the two male Republican candidates in the U-S Senate race as not being “southerly.” Landry, who is supporting Julia Letlow in the U-S Senate Republican primary, says the attack ads against the Congresswoman from Incumbent Billy Cassidy and Treasurer John Fleming are crossing the line…
Landry made the comments during an interview with Jim Engster on WRKF’s “Talk Louisiana.”
Letlow, who has the endorsement of President Trump, has called herself the true conservative in the race. Landry says the narratives that the other two candidates are using to describe Letlow are false…
The governor says he’s impressed Letlow continues to do well in the race, despite the negative ads against her…
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The LSU gymnastics team nearly won its second national championship in three years on Saturday, but Oklahoma performed extremely well on the floor to edge the Tigers by percentage points on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. Coach Jay Clark says it was a heck of an effort by his team…
It was the Tigers’ fourth runner-up finish in program history, while Oklahoma won its eighth national championship. Clark says Oklahoma is the gold standard, but LSU is not going away…
It was a historic season for Kailin Chio, who got 13 perfect 10s, including one on the vault on Saturday. Chio will return next season along with 85-percent of the scoring from this year’s squad…