What we know about the killing of 8 children in Louisiana, the deadliest US mass shooting since 2024

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Eight children, ranging in age from just 3 to 11 years old, were killed early Sunday morning in Shreveport, Louisiana, in a shocking act of violence that marks the nation’s deadliest mass shooting in more than two years. A father, identified as 31-year-old Shamar Elkins, fatally shot his seven