India, April 20 -- The suspect of the tragic shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, on Sunday has been identified as 31-year-old Shamar Elkins. Elkins, a former US Army soldier, shot eight children dead and injured two women, with one of them in critical condition.

Elkins has not yet been identified by authorities. The Daily Mail confirmed the identity citing former Caddo Parish Constable Patrick Young. Since the identification, the social media profile of Shamar Elkins has gone viral. His posts with his children, whom he murdered, have been sending chills down the spines of those following the case.

Hours before the mass shooting on Sunday morning, on Saturday evening, Elkins posted on Facebook photos of his visit to a burger joint with th...