A gunman who appeared to be targeting his own \u201cdescendants\u201d opened fire in three different homes across the city of shreveport, Louisiana, on Saturday night \u2014 and was shot and killed after he attempted to carjack a vehicle in order to escape.<\/p>\n
According to a report<\/a> published Sunday by The New York Post, the unnamed suspect shot ten people, eight of them fatally, in two homes on one street and one other home on a nearby street.\u00a0The two survivors were adult women, and all eight of the deceased were children ranging in age from one year old to 14 years old. Some of the children are believed to be his.<\/p>\n \u201cThe individual responsible once leaving this scene performed a carjacking right here in close proximity to the corner of West 79th and Lynnwood, at which point in time, Shreveport police patrol officers got behind that vehicle in a chase incident,\u201d Shreveport Police Department spokesperson Christopher Bordelon said during a press conference. The suspect was shot and killed by police.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have three different scenes, the shooting itself occurred just down the road over here, the 300 block of West 79th,\u201d Bordelon added<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s also another shooting related to this on Harrison Street, and then there\u2019s an adjacent residence on West 79 where one of the victims ran to after the shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is an extensive scene unlike anything most of us have ever seen,\u201d\u00a0Police Chief Wayne Smith said, noting that the official crime scene included the scene of the carjacking in addition to the three homes.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a tragic situation, maybe the worst tragic situation we\u2019ve ever had in Shreveport. So, right now we\u2019re going to process the information and it\u2019s in very good hands,\u201d\u00a0Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux said. \u201cIt\u2019s a terrible morning.\u201d<\/p>\n A motive for the shooting has not been determined, although several reports indicated that the suspect may have been involved with one of the women who was shot. None of the names of the victims \u2014 or the suspect \u2014 have been released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n