SHREVEPORT, La. - A man and two children are dead following a murder-suicide in Shreveport Tuesday night.
According to authorities, a dispute involving a man and woman occurred around 8 p.m. at a mobile home on Klug Pines Road. The woman was injured and the man involved then took the two children from the home by force to Bill Cockrell Metro Park on Pines Road.Â
The man, identified Wednesday afternoon as Anthony P. Smith, 25, then shot both children and turned the gun on himself at the park. Police found Smith, and a baby less than a year old dead inside of a car. The other child was taken to Ochsner LSU Health where the toddler died early Wednesday morning, police said.
Police said Smith and the woman did know each other.
"We never want to see violent crimes, but when you see violent crimes that are affecting small children and in this case one of these children was less than a year old," police spokesman Cpl. Chris Bordelon said. "That is a certain type of evil that is really hard to put into words and it's very hard to comprehend,"
The Caddo Coroner's Office confirmed the identity of the victims as 10-month-old Lillian Rose Marter, called Lily by her family, and 2-year-old Ronnie Marter.Â
The children's grandmother, Brandy Moreno, has created a GoFundMe page to help with funeral expenses.Â
Lilly's and Ronnie's deaths are the 44th and 45th in Shreveport this year.
