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The screams began before anyone understood what was happening.
Three quiet homes became killing grounds within minutes, as a gunman systematically targeted children — including his own descendants.
Neighbors say they will never forget the silence that followed the gunfire — a silence heavier than any noise. Under flashing red and blue lights, police moved from room to room, finding children who had gone to bed expecting an ordinary night. Investigators say the shooter struck three homes, killing eight children between the ages of 1 and 14, then fled on foot before forcing a driver out of a car at gunpoint.
Officers caught up with him near West 79th Street and Linwood Avenue, where the pursuit ended in a burst of gunfire that left him dead in the street. Behind them, an “extensive” crime scene stretched across two blocks and three devastated homes.
As Shreveport’s police chief addressed the cameras, families held onto one another, trying to make sense of how a man could turn on his own blood — and how a city is meant to breathe again after this.