Overview
- Shreveport police, responding just after 6 a.m. Sunday, found connected shootings at two homes on West 79th Street and a third on nearby Harrison Street with 10 people shot and eight children ages 1 to 14 dead.
- The suspect carjacked a vehicle and led a chase into Bossier Parish, where Shreveport officers shot and killed him, and Louisiana State Police are reviewing that officer-involved shooting.
- Investigators said he was the only shooter and that some of the children were his descendants, and they have not released any names or a motive.
- Two adult women survived with gunshot wounds, including one with life‑threatening head injuries, and police said one is believed to have been in a relationship with the suspect.
- City and state leaders called the case an extreme local tragedy and asked residents to share photos or video with detectives, and the Associated Press noted it is the deadliest U.S. mass shooting since 2024.