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In the stillness of early Sunday, a Shreveport neighborhood became a crime scene stretching across three homes, its silence shattered by gunfire and desperate calls for help. Inside, children who went to sleep believing they were safe never woke again. Police say at least ten people were shot, eight of them young lives ended in minutes by a man some of them knew as family. Two women survived the bloodshed; a terrified boy survived by jumping from a roof, choosing broken bones over a bullet.<\/p>\n

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Officers tracked the suspect after a carjacking and pursuit, ending with his death in a final confrontation. For Shreveport\u2019s mayor, it was \u201cmaybe the worst tragic situation\u201d the city has ever seen. Now, a community gathers outside churches and cordoned\u2011off homes, asking how a sanctuary turned into a slaughterhouse\u2014and what it means when danger comes from within.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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