Father of 10-year-old boy killed in horrific Shreveport shooting speaks

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]I don't know how to act because I've lost eight parts of me because I loved each and every one of them like they were my own and I took care of them like they were my own. This is Troy Brown, the father of one of the children killed in the Shreveport mass shooting by Shamarr Elkins, his brother-in-law. Elkins fatally shot eight children, seven of them his own, early on Sunday morning. Brown says that his 12-year-old daughter and wife were able to escape by jumping off a roof. He added that Elkins had a history of mental health issues, but that he was still in disbelief about what had happened.

[00:00:38]>> I mean, he loved his kids. We would take them to the parks, out to eat, come outside, play with them.

[00:00:46]He loved his kids. He loved his wife. I just don't know what happened. Brown also paid tribute to his 10-year-old son killed in the shooting. I'm I'm never going to get to throw the football with him again. I'm never going to get to hear him say, "Dad, can I get this bag of chips?" I'm never going to get hear my nieces say, "Gunkel, can I get a nana?

[00:01:08]Gunkel, you going to work?

[00:01:10]Gunkel, are you okay?"

[00:01:13]I'm never going to hear that again.