Seven of the victims were children of the suspected shooter. Shreveport Police Department spokesperson Chris Bordelon said Sunday that two women, including the gunman’s wife, were also shot but survived and are being treated for “serious injuries.” Another child, a boy aged 13, had reportedly jumped off the roof of one of the homes in an apparent attempt to escape the shooting, and police have said that his injuries are not life-threatening.
“This is a tragic situation—maybe the worst tragic situation we’ve ever had,” Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux said in a press conference early Sunday.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry posted on X that he and his wife were “heartbroken” over the “horrific” incident.
“There are no words,” Rep. Cleo Fields, (D, La.), who represents the state’s sixth congressional district including the part of Shreveport where the shooting occurred, said in a statement.
Shreveport police officers responded to reports of a domestic disturbance at the 300 block of West 79th Street just after 6 a.m. According to preliminary police information, the suspect first shot one of the women in a house on Harrison Street, before traveling to West 79th Street, where he shot the other victims.
The suspect reportedly carjacked a male nearby, and police, after locating the vehicle he stole, chased him into the next parish, where they opened fire at him. Bordelon added that the suspect carried a "rifle-style pistol” when police confronted and killed him, according to NBC News.
Who was the shooter?
According to the New York Times, citing public records, Elkins, 31, had been previously convicted at least twice: in 2019 on a firearms case after a man in a car pulled a gun on him and he fired his own weapon, and in 2016 for driving while intoxicated.
The Associated Press reported that Elkins and his wife were in the middle of a separation and had been arguing about it before the shooting, according to Crystal Brown, a cousin of one of the wounded women. Brown told the AP that Elkins shared four children with his wife and three with another woman who lived close by, and Brown added that Elkins and his wife were due in court Monday.
The Times reported that on Easter Sunday earlier this month, Elkins called his mother Mahelia and his stepfather Marcus Jackson. The two told the Times that their son sounded despondent and had said through tears that he wanted to take his own life as he was inundated with “dark thoughts” as his wife sought a divorce.
“I told him, ‘You can beat stuff, man. I don’t care what you’re going through, you can beat it,’” Jackson said. “Then I remember him telling me: ‘Some people don’t come back from their demons.’”
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