{"id":116329,"date":"2026-04-21T18:42:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=116329"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:42:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:42:55","slug":"116329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=116329","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But the gun-grabbers yammer for more gun control..<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/20\/report-gunman-who-killed-8-children-was-given-probation-for-gun-charge-in-2019-plea-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report: Gunman Who Killed Eight Children Was Given Probation for Gun Charge in 2019 Plea Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The man who shot and killed eight children in Shreveport, Louisiana, on Sunday was reportedly given probation for a gun charge in a 2019 plea deal.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/2nd-amendment\/2026\/04\/20\/shreveport-gunman-who-killed-eight-kids-idd-as-army-vet\/\">pointed out<\/a>\u00a0that the Shreveport gunman was a 31-year-old Army veteran and that seven of the eight deceased children were his.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>KTBS\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktbs.com\/news\/spd-lsp-investigating-fatal-mass-shootings-involving-8-children-in-cedar-grove-police-chase-into\/article_825e67e7-c0e2-44d1-8cf6-8af72e186002.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that the gunman was \u201cwas arrested in March 2019 on a charge of illegal use of weapons and carrying a firearm on school property.\u201d The incident for which he was arrested\u00a0\u201ctook place less than 300 feet from the fence line at Caddo Magnet,\u201d where he allegedly \u201cfired in the direction of the school while children were playing outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KUTV\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/kutv.com\/news\/nation-world\/who-is-shamar-elkins-suspect-in-shreveport-louisiana-mass-shooting-that-left-8-children-dead-bossier-city-domestic-violence-investigation-caddo-parish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">noted<\/a>\u00a0that in October 2019, the gunman \u201cpleaded guilty to the illegal weapons charge and was placed on 18 months\u2019 probation; the firearm charge was dismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shootings on Sunday occurred in three different residences and left two adults critically wounded, in addition to the eight children who were fatally shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">The 31-year-old gunman then carjacked a vehicle and was killed by police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But the gun-grabbers yammer for more gun control.. Report: Gunman Who Killed Eight Children Was Given Probation for Gun Charge in 2019 Plea Deal The man who shot and killed eight children in Shreveport, Louisiana, on Sunday was reportedly given probation for a gun charge in a 2019 plea deal. Breitbart News pointed out\u00a0that the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=116329\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courts","category-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116330,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116329\/revisions\/116330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}