Mass shooting rampage in Louisiana leaves eight children dead and others wounded | Louisiana
At least eight people died and many others were injured following a mass murder in Shreveport, Louisiana. according to local police.
Police said the victims included children ranging in age from 18 months to 14 years. Two other women were reportedly shot in the head but survived, and a third person, identified as a young boy, was injured when he jumped from the roof.
The suspected killer was shot and killed by police after committing a carjacking, Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith said.
The violence occurred early Sunday morning in Shreveport’s Cedar Grove neighborhood; Police suggest there were at least four separate but closely related scenes in the deadly attack. Investigators did not discuss a possible motive for the killings but said the incident was domestic.
They also did not name the slain suspect or his various victims; The investigation into “a very large crime scene with four… specific locations” is ongoing, Smith said.
One Press conference later SundayTom Arceneaux, the mayor of Shreveport, said of the recent events in the northwestern Louisiana city of about 187,000 people that “this is a tragic situation, maybe the worst tragic situation we’ve ever had.”
“It’s a terrible morning in Shreveport and we all know my heart goes out to this entire community for the tragic event that occurred this morning,” Arceneaux said.
Heading into Sunday, there have been at least six mass murders across the United States in 2026. Gun Violence Archive. An unbiased reference source, the archive defines mass murders as cases in which four or more victims are killed.
In another high-profile mass shooting in the United States over the weekend, five people were reportedly involved in a fight near the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday night. Three of the injured It was reported that students.
Police said one of the injured was in critical condition, while the remaining injured were in stable condition.
Police did not immediately announce any arrests in Saturday night’s shooting in Iowa City.
“As we await additional information, I am thinking of these students, their families, their friends and everyone who cares about them,” said Barbara Wilson, president of the University of Iowa. expression. “I keep them close in my thoughts, along with anyone in our community who is suffering or feeling traumatized right now.”
The shooting near the college campus is among more than 110 mass shootings in the United States so far in 2026, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The archive defines mass shootings as incidents in which four or more victims were injured or killed.
The United States’ high annual rate of mass shootings has led to calls for more serious gun control. But over the years, Congress was unable or unwilling to heed such calls.
