The Shreveport, Louisiana, gunman who killed eight children Sunday morning has been identified as a 31-year-old Army veteran.

Breitbart News reported that the gunman carried out the heinous act by shooting people at three difference residences shortly after 6 a.m.

He also shot two adults, both of whom are in critical condition.

The New York Post noted that the gunman, who died in a confrontation with police, was an Army veteran and an UPS driver and seven of the eight deceased children were his.

The New York Times observed that the Army veteran had been struggling with mental issues and had told his parents “his wife wanted a divorce” and he wanted to commit suicide.

His stepfather told him, “You can beat stuff, man. I don’t care what you’re going through, you can beat it.”

The Army veteran allegedly replied by saying, “Some people don’t come back from their demons.”

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