Mass Shooting in Louisiana Kills Eight and Wounds Two

What Happened?

A mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana killed eight children and wounded two women in the deadliest such incident to take place in the United States this year. The shootings, carried out by a thirty-one-year-old Army National Guard veteran, was described by local authorities as ‘execution style’ attacks. Eight children ranging in age from three to eleven were killed, and two of the mothers of the children suffered multiple gunshot wounds but survived.

According to local authorities, the shooter was identified as Shamar Elkins, who served in the Louisiana Army National Guard and worked loading trucks for UPS. He reportedly went to the local Veterans Administration hospital in January for a mental health evaluation, and he was facing an impending divorce. It remains unclear whether he was killed by police or took his own life. 

Why it Matters

Mass shootings have been on the rise in the United States in the past several years, and despite increasing public awareness and law enforcement efforts, there seems to be no way to stop them from happening. In this incident, the shooter targeted his own children, which is unusual for mass shooters. Many mass shooters appear to attack their victims randomly, but in this case, because the victims were known to the attacker, he knew where to find them.

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In the Shreveport mass shooting, the shooter gave few overt indications ahead of time he was planning to carry out deadly attacks. His social media posts even the day before the attacks appeared normal. According to Kathryn Spearman, a professor at Penn State who specializes in research on violence against children, ‘The public image doesn’t necessarily align with what women and children are experiencing behind closed doors.’

Identifying potential shooters ahead of time is nearly impossible because they often conceal their true feelings even from those who know them. In this case, the shooter had sought a mental health evaluation and was getting divorced, but those are not uncommon experiences. While mental health problems and divorce can be key indicators of stress, they do not by themselves offer any way to predict violent acts in the future. Thousands of people experience both but never exhibit violent behavior.

While most mass shootings take place in a single location, the Shreveport case appears to have occurred at multiple places, which is unusual. Typically, most mass shootings are over in a matter of minutes, either due to the arrival of law enforcement or the suicide of the shooter. In this case, the shooting continued over a longer time period as the shooter traveled from one location to the next. 

How it Affects You

Because mass shootings receive so much media attention, there is always the possibility of copycat killers in the days or weeks after such an incident. As a result, law enforcement agencies will probably be on heightened alert for the remainder of the week nationwide. 

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