SHREVEPORT, LA ‒ Mourners gathered to pay their respects during a mass funeral service for the eight children killed in April by a gunman in a shooting that has unleashed a wave of grief across the city.
According to authorities, a man killed two women and then seven of his own children, along with one of their cousins. He died following a police chase. Shreveport is in northwest Louisiana near the borders of Texas and Arkansas.
With a row of hearses parked out front of the church, mourners walked past pictures of the children: Jayla Elkins, 3, Shayla Elkins, 5, Kayla Pugh, 6, Layla Pugh, 7, Markaydon Pugh, 10, Sariahh Snow, 11, Khedarrion Snow, 6, and Braylon Snow, 5…