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Investigators say the shooter targeted three homes, killing eight kids between 1 and 14, then fleeing on foot before forcing a driver out of a car at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1861172\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Officers caught up with him near West 79th Street and Linwood Avenue, ending the pursuit in a burst of bullets that left the gunman dead in the street. Behind them, an \u201cextensive\u201d crime scene stretched across two blocks and three shattered households. As Shreveport\u2019s police chief spoke to cameras, families clung to each other, trying to understand how a man could turn on his own blood \u2014 and how a city is supposed to breathe again after this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neighbors will never forget the silence after the gunfire stopped \u2014 the kind that feels heavier than any sound. 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