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By Victoria Uwumarogie ·Updated April 20, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
“What is going on?” I asked, my eyes welling with tears.
I had just set my phone down in exasperation, my stomach knotted, after reading about Shamar Elkins, the man who shot his wife, Shaneiqua Pugh, in Shreveport, Louisiana, and, according to reports, went on to kill their seven children, ages 3 to 11. Another woman was shot and
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