Eight children killed in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana. The youngest victim - 18 months old. The oldest - 14. America woke up to yet another week with children's blood on the front pages.

The shooting occurred early in the morning, around 6 AM local time, in the Cedar Grove neighborhood. Two adult women were shot in the head but survived. One boy was injured after jumping from a roof - trying to escape the killer.

The suspect, an adult male, was killed in an exchange of fire with police after officers pursued him into neighboring Bossier Parish. Police described the incident as "domestic violence" - the term is clinically clean for eight dead children.

Police Chief Wayne Smith confirmed the massacre. State police announced that "a large number of police forces" remained on the scene. Additional information, they said, would be released later. Standard procedure: children dead, investigation ongoing, more information to follow.

America has long had a gun problem it treats as a cultural question rather than a security crisis. Eight children aged 18 months to 14 years - that's not a "shooting incident." That's a massacre in a children's room. And tomorrow? Tomorrow will bring a new shooting, a new statement, a new "investigation ongoing." How many shootings does it take for something to change?