Another deadly shooting has torn apart another American community. Yesterday morning in Shreveport,

Louisiana, a man shot and killed eight children and gravely wounded two adults. He was killed

during a confrontation with police after fleeing the scene. William Brigham has more.

Jeff, police said the children ranged in age from three to 11 years old. The killer was

reportedly the father to seven of the eight children that he killed. The two adult victims were

the suspect's wife and another woman. This was the deadliest shooting in America in over two years,

and it sent shockwaves throughout Shreveport.

City officials today said the shooting underscores a broader problem.

I would like to also remind everyone that in the city of Shreveport, we have a true epidemic

of domestic violence, and that is something that should be a top priority of the

city's administration, the city council, and law enforcement.

For more on this tragedy and the broader issue of gun violence, we are joined again by

April Zioly. She's the director of the Michigan Firearm Law Implementation Program at the University of Michigan.

April, thank you so much for being here again.

Your research studies the intersection of domestic violence and firearms.

So given that people might just be taking on board what this tragedy is all about, what was your initial reaction to this?

My initial reaction was, unfortunately, that this has happened again.

We know from research that there are often opportunities to intervene and to stop this kind of violence

from happening. But the opportunities were missed and were left with a tragedy. And what does the

research show us about that, the overlap between domestic violence and firearm ownership?

It shows that when a violent, male, intimate partner has access to a gun, the chance that he'll

kill the female partner goes up five times. It is much greater. We also know that there is more likely to be other victims as well.

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