A gunman identified as Shamar Elkins killed eight children — seven of them his own — and wounded two adults in an early morning domestic violence attack across two homes in Shreveport, Louisiana on Su...

The gunman accused of shooting eight young children dead in Shreveport, Louisiana on Sunday morning has been identified as Shamar Elkins.

Two other people suffered gunshot wounds.

The Dallas Police Department said a traffic stop that unfolded early Sunday morning escalated into an officer-involved shooting with a passenger who allegedly assaulted the officer, and that police are looking for the driver who reportedly sped off from the scene.