A father has shot dead seven of his own children and an eighth unrelated child in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, in what authorities have characterised as a domestic disturbance. The victims, aged between one and 14 years old, were fatally shot in the early hours of Sunday morning, with the incident starting around 05:00 local time. The suspect, named as Shamar Elkins, also fired upon a woman on the street before entering a nearby residence where the children were killed. After the shooting, Elkins escaped in a stolen car but was chased by police into adjacent Bossier Parish,...