Eight children including a baby were killed in a mass shooting in Louisiana on Sunday morning when a crazed gunman opened fire at three different homes.
The murdered victims ranged in age from 1 to 14, and at least some of them were “descendants” of the gunman, who was eventually killed by officers, Shreveport Police Department spokesman Christopher Bordelon said at a briefing.
Seven of the slain kids were found dead in one house — while the eighth appeared to have futilely tried to escape off the roof on the back of the house, Bordelon said.
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