Eight children were killed in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, on Sunday, NBC reported.
According to NBC, the shooting occured as a result of a domestic dispute. Ten children were shot in total, ranging in age from 1 to 14.
Police spokesperson Christopher Bordelon said that the shooting occured in three different locations. One was the original house, at the 300 block of West 79th Street, where police were called to after reports of a domestic dispute came in. "There’s also another shooting related to this on Harrison Street, and then there’s an adjacent residence on West 79 where one of the victims ran to after the shooting," Bordelon explained.
“The 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,” Bordelon also said.
The suspect was shot and killed during the chase.
Some children were suspect's descendants, police say
Bordelon explained that the suspect was thought to be the only person who had fired gunshots at any of the three locations involved in the incident.
He also said that some of the children in the homes were the suspect's "descendants."
Police said that the investigation was ongoing, and that no officers were harmed during the chase.