路易斯安那州男子非法持枪流入枪手之手酿8名儿童遇害枪击案：判78个月联邦监禁
美国司法部路易斯安那西区联邦检察官办公室宣布，路易斯安那州 Shreveport 男子 Charles Ray Ford 因重罪犯非法持有枪支，于 10 月 13 日被联邦地区法官 Alexander C. Van Hook 判处 78 个月（六年半）联邦监禁，刑满后另加 3 年监督释放。Ford 现年 56 岁，已于今年 6 月 15 日认罪。
据法庭文件，Ford 有重罪前科、本被禁止持有枪支，却在 2025 年 1 月至 2026 年 3 月间非法持有一支从熟人处得来的 Mossberg 手枪。他自称把手枪藏在自己卡车座椅下方，并知道 Shamar Elkins 从其卡车里取走了这支枪。调查人员后来确认，Elkins 于 2026 年 4 月 19 日在 Shreveport 用这支枪实施了一起大规模枪击，造成 8 名儿童死亡、2 名妇女重伤。Ford 还就这支枪向联邦探员作了虚假陈述。
联邦检察官 Zachary A. Keller 在宣布判刑时表示，Ford 明知这支非法持有的枪落入 Elkins 之手、事后又对此撒谎，这一判决为 Elkins 那起不可想象的罪行提供了一份虽小但真实的问责；任何把致命武器送到暴力重罪犯手中的人，都将面临严重后果。
此案由烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）、路易斯安那州警察、Shreveport 警察局与联邦调查局（FBI）共同调查，助理联邦检察官 J. Aaron Crawford 负责起诉，案件号为 5:26-cr-00188，属司法部 Project Safe Neighborhoods 行动的一部分。
Louisiana Man Sentenced to 78 Months for Illegally Possessing Gun Used in Mass Shooting That Killed Eight Children
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana announced that Charles Ray Ford, 56, of Shreveport, was sentenced on October 13 by U.S. District Judge Alexander C. Van Hook to 78 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, followed by three years of supervised release. Ford had pleaded guilty on June 15, 2026.
According to court documents, Ford, a previously convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms, unlawfully possessed a Mossberg pistol between January 2025 and March 2026 after receiving it from an acquaintance. Ford said he kept the pistol under the seat of his truck and knew that Shamar Elkins had taken the firearm from his truck. Investigators later determined that Elkins used the firearm on April 19, 2026, to carry out a mass shooting in Shreveport that claimed the lives of eight children while critically wounding two women. Ford also lied to federal agents about the firearm.
U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Keller said the sentence provides some small measure of accountability, and that those whose actions put deadly weapons into the hands of violent felons will face serious consequences.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Louisiana State Police, the Shreveport Police Department, and the FBI, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Aaron Crawford under case number 5:26-cr-00188, as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods.
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