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Eight children killed in Louisiana mass shooting, media reports say

Eight children were ‌killed in a mass shooting in Shreveport, ​Louisiana, multiple news outlets reported Sunday, citing local police.

The ​children killed in the incident ⁠ranged in age from ‌1 ‌to 14, ​Shreveport Police Department spokesperson Christopher Bordelon ⁠told ​NBC.

The individual ​believed to be ‌the gunman hijacked a ​car after the shooting ⁠and died ⁠after ​police fired at the vehicle during a chase, Bordelon told NBC.

Police did not share any ‌information about this ⁠individual, but Bordelon told NBC that some ‌of the slain children “were his descendants.”