2026-04-22 23:02:40 UTC / 路透社
作者：丹尼尔·特罗塔
2026年4月22日 美国东部时间晚上11:02 更新于56分钟前
2026年4月20日，美国路易斯安那州什里夫波特一处住宅外摆放着气球和毛绒玩具组成的临时纪念物，这里发生了一起被当局定性为家庭暴力的大规模枪击案，造成八名年龄在1岁至14岁之间的儿童死亡。路透社/阿拉法特·巴拉赫 摄
4月22日（路透社）——联邦检察官周二起诉一名路易斯安那州男子非法持有枪支并向联邦探员撒谎，该枪支被用于周日什里夫波特的屠杀案，造成八名儿童死亡。
警方称，沙马尔·埃尔金斯使用这支枪杀害了自己的七名子女以及一名侄子，受害者年龄介于3岁至11岁之间。
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警方表示，埃尔金斯还枪击了他的妻子——其中几名孩子的母亲，她因重伤住院，同时还枪击了另一名女子。官员称，警方在一次车辆追捕过程中击毙了埃尔金斯。
美国路易斯安那州西区检察官办公室在一份声明中称，检察官以非法持有枪支和向联邦探员作出虚假陈述为由，起诉了56岁的查尔斯·福特。
检察官表示，与这起指控相关的枪支是一支短管AR式步枪，正是埃尔金斯在袭击中使用的那支。
声明称，调查人员追溯到枪支的原始购买者，对方告知他们自己曾将枪支交给福特。
检察官表示，福特是一名已定罪的重罪犯，被禁止持有枪支。当联邦探员对他进行询问时，他最初否认拥有这支武器。根据刑事起诉书，他后来承认持有该步枪，称他将枪放在自己的座位下，还以为是埃尔金斯拿走了它。
“执法伙伴正在调查这起悲剧发生的所有可能性，”美国检察官扎卡里·凯勒在声明中说道。他表示，检察官希望追究其他人的责任能够为社区带来“一丝慰藉”。
如果两项罪名成立，福特将因枪支指控面临最高15年监禁，因虚假陈述指控面临最高5年监禁。
被任命为其辩护律师的什里夫波特联邦公设辩护人没有立即回应置评请求。
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Louisiana man charged over the gun used in massacre of eight children
2026-04-22 23:02:40 UTC / Reuters
By Daniel Trotta
April 22, 2026 11:02 PM UTC Updated 56 mins ago
A makeshift memorial with balloons and stuffed animals outside a house where eight children, aged between 1 and 14, were killed in a mass shooting described by authorities as domestic violence, in Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S., April 20, 2026. REUTERS/Arafat Barbakh
April 22 (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Louisiana man with illegally possessing a firearm and lying to federal agents after the weapon was used in Sunday’s massacre of eight children in Shreveport.
Police say Shamar Elkins used that gun to kill seven of his own children plus a nephew, ranging in age from 3 to 11.
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Police said Elkins also shot his wife, the mother of several of the children, who was hospitalized with serious injuries, and another woman. Police fatally shot Elkins during a vehicle chase, officials said.
Prosecutors charged Charles Ford, 56, with being a felon in possession of a firearm and making false statements to federal agents, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana said in a statement.
The firearm linked to the charges – a short-barreled, AR-style weapon – was the same one Elkins used in the attack, prosecutors said.
Investigators traced the gun to its original purchaser, who told them she had given it to Ford, the statement said.
Ford, a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms, initially denied having had the weapon when federal agents interviewed him, prosecutors said. He later admitted that he possessed the rifle, saying he kept it under his seat and believed Elkins took it, according to the criminal complaint.
“Law enforcement partners are investigating every angle of how this tragedy came to occur,” U.S. Attorney Zachary Keller said in the statement. He said prosecutors hoped holding others accountable would provide “some small bit of solace” to the community.
Ford faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of the gun charge and up to five years for the false statement count.
Federal public defenders in Shreveport, who were appointed as his defense counsel, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Reporting by Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, California; Editing by Lisa Shumaker
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