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EIGHT Children Killed By Their Own Father in Weekend Shooting | Crime Alert 04.20.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvoni. A horrific scene of domestic violence has
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  Speaker 2: shattered a Louisiana community after a father opened fire at
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  Speaker 2: two separate homes, claiming the lives of eight children. On
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  Speaker 2: Sunday morning, Shreveport police responded to a domestic disturbance on
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  Speaker 2: West seventy ninth Street to find a scene described by
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  Speaker 2: investigators as extensive. Authority say the suspect, identified as Shamar Elkins,
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  Speaker 2: first shot a woman believed to be his girlfriend on
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  Speaker 2: nearby Harrison Street before moving to the second location. Inside
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  Speaker 2: that home, seven children were found dead. An eighth child
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  Speaker 2: was shot and killed while attempting to escape across the
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  Speaker 2: roof in a domestic disturbance. Eight of these individuals are deceased.
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  Speaker 1: The ranges of the decedents are for four years of age.
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  Speaker 2: Among the survivors are Elkin's wife, who was shot in
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  Speaker 2: the face in a teen who suffered non life threatening injuries.
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  Speaker 2: Police spokesperson Christopher Bordelon confirmed that seven of the eight
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  Speaker 2: children killed were Elkin's own.
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  Speaker 3: All of the deceased in this space marked you not.
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  Speaker 2: Police officers did discharge their FIRELM and that individual is deceased.
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  Speaker 1: I think about this.
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  Speaker 2: Elkins fled the scene in a carjacked vehicle, leading officers
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  Speaker 2: on a high speed chase into neighboring Bossier Parish. The
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  Speaker 2: pursuit ended when Shreveport officers opened fire, killing the suspect.
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  Speaker 2: Community and what this community has lost. Shreveport Mayor Tom
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  Speaker 2: Arsenal and City council members gathered Sunday to pray for
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  Speaker 2: the grieving family struggling to process the magnitude.
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  Speaker 3: Of police and individuals that are struggle by on FIRELMS nine.
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  Speaker 2: So have the worst to give you, and I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: More crime and justice news after this. Families in Houston
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  Speaker 2: and Atlanta are struggling to process the deaths of too
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  Speaker 2: soon to be mothers twenty three year old a Shawnte
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  Speaker 2: Allan and thirty four year old Bianca Huntley. In Texas,
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  Speaker 2: a week long search for missing a Shaunte Allan ended
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  Speaker 2: in tragedy.
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  Speaker 3: My body's been numb ever since I've received this phone call.
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  Speaker 3: We was hoping for the best, but now we've heard
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  Speaker 3: the worst.
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  Speaker 2: Ashanti, who is eight months pregnant, was found dead Thursday
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  Speaker 2: near a bayou in Chimney Rock Park. Alan had been
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  Speaker 2: missing since April tenth, shortly after sending a cryptic text
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  Speaker 2: to her mother stating she was leaving and not coming back.
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  Speaker 2: While her apartment appeared undisturbed and her hospital bag was
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  Speaker 2: still inside the family's white Lincoln SUV was missing. Her
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  Speaker 2: father spoke about the devastating loss of his daughter and
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  Speaker 2: his unborn grandchild.
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  Speaker 3: Being pregnant eight months with my first grandson. I can't
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  Speaker 3: even tell you how I feel. My body is just
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  Speaker 3: completely numb. I don't think I even processed the fact
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  Speaker 3: that my daughter is gone. But I know it's gonna
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  Speaker 3: hit me. It's gonna hit me hard because I love
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  Speaker 3: my baby girl. She's my only girl, my baby girl.
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  Speaker 3: And then she had my only baby grandson. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: she had baby clothes. I was about to go buy
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  Speaker 3: a call seat and stroller and all this other stuff.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, she's just a normal girl, pretty girl, working
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  Speaker 3: and is trying to live life. So right now, I
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  Speaker 3: can't even I can't put it in words out there.
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  Speaker 2: Houston police are now searching for twenty four year old
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  Speaker 2: Kevin Foe, the father of the unborn child, originally charge
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  Speaker 2: in connection with the discovery at the park authorities have
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  Speaker 2: now upgraded the charge against Foe to capital murder. If
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  Speaker 2: anyone has information on Foe's location, they are asked to
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  Speaker 2: call HPD at seven one three three eight thirty six
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  Speaker 2: hundred or crime Stoppers at seven one three two two
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  Speaker 2: two tips. Meanwhile, in Georgia, investigators have yet to identify
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  Speaker 2: a suspect after a pregnant mother of two was found
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  Speaker 2: shot inside her via during rush hour. Thirty four year
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  Speaker 2: old Bianca Huntley was discovered Tuesday evening along I seventy
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  Speaker 2: five near the Atlanta Airport. She was shot once, the
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  Speaker 2: bullet traveling through her arm and torso.
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  Speaker 1: It's something that she did not deserve. You're talking about
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  Speaker 1: a light, a shining light that got snuffed out.
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  Speaker 2: While she was found in her car. Atlanta police believe
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  Speaker 2: the shooting may have occurred at a separate, unknown location.
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  Speaker 1: She actually was shot, tried to get out of the
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  Speaker 1: try to down nine, want one, get out of the vehicle.
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  Speaker 2: Huntley, a quality manager who had recently earned a promotion,
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  Speaker 2: leaves behind two daughters, ages fourteen and five.
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  Speaker 1: Her boss joked with me this morning, he said, you
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  Speaker 1: know her energy. She changes the atmosphere when she walks
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  Speaker 1: into a room, I said, I know.
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  Speaker 2: Her mother, Gloria Allen, believes her daughter was specifically targeted.
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  Speaker 1: My daughter was such a light that shined everywhere that
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  Speaker 1: she went. Her light. We will celebrate it until my
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  Speaker 1: last breath.
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  Speaker 2: Despite the heartbreak, Alan remains steadfast in her search for justice.
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  Speaker 1: And we're talking about six o'clock, six point thirty rush
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  Speaker 1: hour traffic on Highway seventy five. Somebody saw something. I'm
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  Speaker 1: a woman of faith. Vengeance belongs to God, but my
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  Speaker 1: daughter will be vindicated.
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  Speaker 2: For the latest crime and justice breaking news, be sure
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  Speaker 2: to tune in tomorrow on your favorite podcast app with
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  Speaker 2: this crime alert. I'm Sydney Silvanni.