Jayla Elkins, a 3-year-old girl from Shreveport, Louisiana, was one of eight children killed on April 19, 2026, in a domestic violence mass shooting that devastated the Cedar Grove neighborhood. Authorities identified the children as siblings and one cousin, with Jayla among the youngest victims. Police said the children ranged in age from 3 to 11, and the shooting unfolded before many families in the neighborhood had even begun their Sunday morning.
The violence began with what police de
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