Shreveport
SHREVEPORT, La. - Christopher Patlan was hanging out with friends on the Red River when he heard the desperate screams coming from seven teenagers.
SHREVEPORT, La. - DeKendrix Warner was splashing around in the waist-high waters of the Red River with his cousins and friends, trying to escape the oppressive Louisiana heat, when he stepped off a slippery ledge - and was plunged into water 25-feet deep.
SHREVEPORT, La. - Seven teenagers from two families were splashing around in the shallow waters of the Red River when one of them stepped off a slippery ledge and plummeted into much deeper water.
SHREVEPORT, La. - Six teenagers wading in the shallows of a Louisiana river drowned in front of their horrified families after falling into deep water.
SHREVEPORT, La. - Six teenagers from at least two families drowned in the Red River in northwest Louisiana after they stepped off a ledge from shallow water into a chasm about 20 feet deep on Monday, fire officials said.