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Fear a mharaigh seachtar clainne maraithe ag póilíní i Meiriceá

20 AIBREÁN 2026, 09:15

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Tá fear tar éis seachtar gasúr dá chuid féin agus gasúr eile a mharú le gunna i Shreveport i stát Louisiana i Meiriceá in "aighneas teaghlaigh" a deir póilíní.

Trí bliana d'aois a bhí an páiste ab óige agus 11 a bhí an té ba shine, triúr buachaillí agus cúigear cailíní.

Ag a 5 a chlog maidin Dé Domhnaigh a thosaigh an t-achrann.

The house where a mass shooting took place is seen in Shreveport, Louisiana, on April 19, 2026. Eight children were killed in a shooting spree early April 19 in the southern US state of Louisiana, in what police said appears to have been an incident of domestic violence. The incident, which took pla

Deir póilíní gur chaith Shamar Elkins, a bhí 31, bean ar an tsráid agus go ndeachaigh sé ansin chuig teach cónaithe in aice láimhe áit ar chaith sé piléir lena bhean chéile agus le ochtar páiste.

Shreveport Police Department Corporal Chris Bordelon talks to the press across the street from the house where a mass shooting took place in Shreveport, Louisiana, on April 19, 2026. Eight children were killed in a shooting spree early April 19 in the southern US state of Louisiana, in what police s
An póilín Chris Bordelon ag caint leis na meáin

Theith sé ansin i gcarr a bhí fuadaithe aige a deir urlabhraí na bpóilíní Chris Bordelon agus lean na póilíní é agus caitheadh agus maraíodh é, tar éis do dhuine de na mná a bhí caite a bealach a dhéanamh ag teach comharsan le fios a chur ar na húdaráis.

Ba le Shamar Elkins seachtar den ochtar gasúr a mharaigh sé, col ceathrar leo a bhí sa ngasúr eile.

Tá an bheirt bhan gortaithe go han-dona agus iad faoi chúram ospidéil.

A woman is seen outside the house where a mass shooting took place in Shreveport, Louisiana, on April 19, 2026. Eight children were killed in a shooting spree early April 19 in the southern US state of Louisiana, in what police said appears to have been an incident of domestic violence. The incident
Doras an tí agus lorg piléir le feiceáil ann

D'éirigh le gasúr eile éalú as an teach. Tá an gasúr sin san ospidéal freisin tar éis dó léim a chaitheamh as fuinneog in uachtar an tí.

Tá daoine muinteartha leis an teaghlach tar éis a rá go raibh Shamar Elkins agus a bhean chéile le colscaradh a fháil agus go raibh siad le bheith os comhair cúirte inniu.

Dúirt deartháir céile leis, Troy Brown, go raibh sé "as a mheabhair faoin argóint faoin gcolscaradh".

SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA - APRIL 19: Community members gather to grieve the death of eight children and two women during a mass shooting on April 19, 2026 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Eight children were killed and two women were wounded during a domestic violence incident in the early morning hours, acco
Daoine ag bailiú i Shreveport

Tá ainmneacha na ngasúr foilsithe ag Oifig an Chróinéara i Shreveport:

Jayla Elkins, a bhí 3 bliana; Shayla Elkins, 5; Kayla Pugh, 6; Layla Pugh, 7; Markaydon Pugh, 10; Sariahh Snow, 11; Khedarrion Snow, 6; agus Braylon Snow, 5.