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Police in Louisiana are now trying to figure out how a man with the prior illegal firearms conviction got a gun and used it to kill eight children on Sunday morning
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The Shreveport suspect is identified as 31-year-old Shamar Elkins, a former National Guardsman
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Records show police arrested him in 2019 and he was later convicted of illegal use of a firearm after he fired multiple rounds near a school during a confrontation
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Family members say Elkins had recently spent time in a Veterans Affairs mental health facility
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Now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating how he obtained the assault-style pistol used in the attack
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which police describe as a domestic incident. Authorities say Elkins shot 10 people, 8 children between the ages of 3 and 11, and 2 adults
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7 of the children were his. The 8th was a relative. Investigators say the attack may have been triggered by a dispute with his wife
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who had recently asked for a divorce. Elkins was killed in a shootout with police
