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Relatives now describe a man whose collapse was both sudden and agonizingly visible. Shamar Elkins had confided in his stepfather about \u201cdark thoughts,\u201d spoke of \u201cdemons,\u201d and even posted prayers online asking God to protect his mind from spiraling negativity. His adoptive mother, Betty Walker, remembers one moment that now haunts her most: years ago in her kitchen, Elkins casually threatened to kill his wife and children. She scolded him not to talk that way; his wife brushed it off as a joke. No one imagined he meant it.<\/p>\n

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In the months before the massacre, his life was fraying: a looming divorce, accusations of infidelity, financial strain, and a failed suicide attempt that briefly landed him in a VA hospital. Then, on a quiet Sunday in Shreveport, those \u201cdemons\u201d he once described turned unspeakably real, leaving a family destroyed and a nation asking how so many warnings could be missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Relatives now describe a man whose collapse was both sudden and agonizingly visible. 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