DOJ arrests man accused of providing gun used by father who allegedly killed eight children

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday the apprehension of a 56-year-old Shreveport nonmigratory successful transportation with the horrific wide shooting that unfolded successful Louisiana implicit the weekend.

Charles Ford, a convicted felon prohibited from owning firearms, is accused of possessing the firearm that was yet utilized by a begetter to termination 8 children, according to authorities who traced the weapon.

The home unit onslaught unfolded Sunday erstwhile a 31-year-old man, identified arsenic Shamar Elkins, allegedly obtained the limb and opened occurrence successful a multi-scene home rampage earlier being fatally changeable by constabulary successful Shreveport. Seven of the 8 victims, ranging successful property from 1 to 14, were identified arsenic his ain children.

In summation to amerciable firearm possession, Ford is besides accused of lying to instrumentality enforcement astir the weapon, prosecutors said.

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Shamar Elkins is pictured successful a household photo. (Facebook/Shamar Elkins)

"Holding radical accountable does not halt with the idiosyncratic who pulled the trigger but besides includes those who springiness entree to and proliferate firearms that are aboriginal utilized successful convulsive crime," ATF Special Agent successful Charge Joshua Jackson said. 

The DOJ released a photograph of the firearm utilized successful the wide shooting, adding that the ATF and the Shreveport Police Department some conducted a firearms hint connected it.

Ford was aboriginal identified arsenic the archetypal purchaser of the firearm and is accused of giving it to Elkins, authorities said.

When confronted by instrumentality enforcement, Ford initially lied to ATF agents astir possessing the firearm, claiming helium ne'er had it.

He aboriginal admitted to the possession, stating that helium kept it nether a spot and believed Elkins took it, according to authorities.

Ford faces up to 15 years successful national situation connected the felon-in-possession complaint and up to 5 years connected a mendacious connection charge. 

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A firearm was confiscated from the country of a deadly wide shooting that near 8 children dormant successful Louisiana. (United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana)

United States Attorney Zachary A. Keller said the section hopes to clasp accountable the idiosyncratic who gave Elkins entree to the firearm. 

"Elkins’ decease means that our assemblage volition ne'er spot him look justice. Our hope, arsenic we proceed to analyse and prosecute this lawsuit alongside our instrumentality enforcement partners, is that holding the idiosyncratic whose weapon Elkins utilized to perpetrate the transgression accountable volition springiness immoderate tiny spot of solace to our Shreveport community," Keller said. 

"Our instrumentality enforcement partners are investigating each space of however this calamity came to occur, and this lawsuit arises from that investigation—in particular, however Elkins secured a firearm that helium utilized to execute his ain children," helium added. 

Shamar Elkins, 31, is pictured successful a household photo (Facebook/Shamar Elkins)

An Army authoritative told Fox News Digital that Elkins antecedently served successful the Louisiana Army National Guard.

He reportedly changeable respective radical successful summation to the 8 deceased victims during the attack, including the parent of his children, who is expected to survive. 

Separately, different pistillate suffered life-threatening injuries, portion a teenage unfortunate suffered non-life-threatening injuries. 

Following the shootings, investigators said Elkins fled the scene, carjacked a conveyance and led officers connected a constabulary chase.

The incidental ended successful Bossier City, wherever Elkins was changeable and killed by police.

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Sunday’s shooting marks 1 of the deadliest wide shootings successful the United States successful caller years.