Eight children, two mothers and Shreveport’s unanswered ‘why?’

By: Andrea Hagan

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: April 24, 2026

Words: 718

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Sunday’s fatal shooting of eight children in Shreveport, and the figurative and literal pain of their mothers, will linger like a persistent heartbeat.

The city’s Cedar Grove community will still be wrestling with the disbelief that this happened where they live. And the question will remain for months and years to come: Why?

Why did eight children die at the hands of a man, the father of seven and uncle of one, who was …

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