Eight children killed in Louisiana

The attack occurred early Sunday morning across two separate homes and appeared to stem from an ongoing domestic dispute.

Elkins, a former National Guardsman with a previous felony firearms conviction, was later killed in a shootout with police following a vehicle chase.

Two women and one child survived the rampage but remain in critical condition.

The community is reeling as city leaders struggle to understand how the suspect obtained the assault-style weapon used in the massacre.