8 children dead after mass shooting in Shreveport, two women survive gunshot wounds
SHREVEPORT — Eight children are dead, and others are wounded after a mass shooting in the Cedar Grove neighborhood, according to KTBS.
Sources say the suspect was shot at a scene in Bossier Parish.
KTBS reports the victims range from 18 months to 14 years old, and two adult women were shot in the head and survived. A young boy was injured when he jumped from a roof.
The initial shooting happened early Sunday morning on West 79th St. near Linwood Avenue, reports say.
Police say there are two other related shooting scenes. One is about a quarter-mile away on Harrison Street between Wallace Avenue and Bernstein Avenue. The third is in Bossier Parish on Brompton Lane near Long Acre Drive.