A mass killing in Shreveport, Louisiana, left at least eight people dead, including children between 18 months and 14 years old, local police said. Two women suffered gunshot wounds to the head but survived; another child, a boy, was injured after jumping from a roof.
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The shooting began early Sunday morning in the Cedar Grove neighborhood and, according to investigators, unfolded across four separate but nearby locations. Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith described it as “a very large scene with four...specific locations” and said the investigation remains ongoing. The names of the dead and the suspect have not been disclosed. The man police believe carried out the attack was shot dead by law enforcement officers after hijacking a car with the driver still inside. No official motive has been announced, though police are leaning toward a domestic-dispute theory.
Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Mayor Tom Arceneaux said the incident may be the worst tragedy in living memory for residents of this northwestern Louisiana city of about 187,000 people. “This is a terrible morning for Shreveport, and everybody knows that my heart is with our entire community because of the tragic event that happened this morning,” he said.
By the count of the Gun Violence Archive—a nonpartisan tracker that classifies incidents with four or more fatalities as mass killings—the United States had recorded six such cases since the start of 2026 as of early Sunday.
The weekend brought another high-profile episode as well. On Saturday evening in Iowa City, near the University of Iowa, five people were injured in a fight, three of them students. One of the victims remains in critical condition; the others, police said, are stable. Law enforcement has not yet announced any arrests in the case.