Shreveport police chase ends in fatal gunfight after father slays seven children and a cousin
TL;DR
A father killed seven of his own children and a cousin in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, shooting at victims trying to escape as neighbors described a chaotic “full-blown” gun battle; the gunman fled in a stolen car and died after a police confrontation, with two women wounded (one a mother of his children) in the incident.
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