8 kids — ages 1 to 14 — killed in mass shooting across Shreveport, Louisiana — as gunman targets his ‘descendants’

After the gunfire, a heavy silence settled as police searched three homes where children had gone to sleep expecting a normal night. Eight kids, ages 1 to 14, were killed before the shooter fled and carjacked a driver at gunpoint.

Officers caught him near West 79th and Linwood, ending the chase in a fatal shootout. Behind them, a crime scene spanned two blocks, leaving families and a city struggling to comprehend the loss.