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Photos show scene of deadly Louisiana domestic attack that killed eight children

Apr 19, 2026, 5:43 PM | Updated: Apr 20, 2026, 2:56 pm

People grieve as they comfort each other outside the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, April 19, 20...

People grieve as they comfort each other outside the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Shreveport, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two other people Sunday in an early morning attack of domestic violence carried out across two homes, authorities said, rocking a Shreveport neighborhood in one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings in more than two years.

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Photos show scene of deadly Louisiana domestic attack that killed eight children