Blood and bullet holes seen on door after Louisiana mass shooting

Eight children were killed in a mass shooting at a home in Shreveport, Louisiana, in what authorities described as a domestic violence incident. Police later fatally shot the suspect after a vehicle chase as investigators work to determine the motive.

Reuters

20 April 2026 at 08:04:16

Blood and bullet holes seen on door after Louisiana mass shooting

SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB A man uses a water hose to wash blood from a door after children, with ages ranging from 1 to 14, were killed in a mass shooting incident described as domestic violence, in Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. April 19, 2026.

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A gunman killed eight children, with ages ranging from 1 to 14, in a mass shooting on Sunday (April 19) at a house in Shreveport, Louisiana, in an incident described as domestic violence before police fatally shot him in a vehicle chase, local authorities said.

Blood‑stained doors marked the house at the centre of the investigation as police sealed off the otherwise quiet residential street.

"It's the worst thing anyone could ever imagine with adults and children inside the same home," said Louisiana State Representative Tammy Phelps. "This is one of the most tragic things I think has happened in our city in a very long, long time."

Police were working to determine the motive, Shreveport Police Department spokesperson Christopher Bordelon told a local television station.

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