Eight children killed in Louisiana mass shooting, police say

Eight children were killed ​in a mass ‌shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, multiple news outlets reported Sunday, ​citing local police. The ​children killed in the incident ⁠ranged in age ​from 1 to 14, ​Shreveport Police Department spokesperson Christopher Bordelon told NBC. The individual ​believed to be ​the gunman hijacked a car after ‌the ⁠shooting and died after police fired at the vehicle during a ​chase, Bordelon ​told ⁠NBC. Police did not share any information ​about this individual, ​but ⁠Bordelon told NBC that some of the slain ⁠children "were ​his descendants." School shootings are not uncommon in US. Two children were killed and 17 other people were injured in August 2025 after a gunman opened fire on schoolchildren and others at a Mass in a Minneapolis Catholic church, authorities said. The gunman took his own life at the scene. Read More: Student kills nine in Turkiye's second school shooting in two days Below are some of the deadliest and most notable multiple shootings in US schools and colleges, ranked by death toll: VIRGINIA TECH: April 16, 2007 - A gunman kills 32 students and faculty before killing himself at Virginia Tech, a university in Blacksburg, Virginia. SANDY HOOK: December 14, 2012 - A man fatally shoots his mother, then kills 20 children and six adults before killing himself at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. UVALDE: May 24, 2022 - A man fatally shoots 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, before he was shot dead by Border Patrol agents. PARKLAND: February 14, 2018 - A former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, opens fire with an assault-style rifle, killing 17 students and educators. Authorities arrest the gunman. AUSTIN: August 1, 1966 - A sniper perched in a University of Texas clock tower shoots and kills 15 people, and wounds more than 30 others in what is regarded as the first U.S. mass shooting in a public space. The gunman is fatally shot by police.