The Department of Justice announced the arrest of Charles Ford, who is accused of providing the rifle used in a mass shooting in Shreveport that resulted in the deaths of eight children.

Ford allegedly supplied the weapon to the father who carried out the shooting. The Justice Department has not released additional details about the specific charges against Ford or the circumstances surrounding how he provided the weapon.

The Shreveport shooting represents one of the deadliest incidents involving children in recent memory. Federal authorities are treating this as a mass shooting investigation with multiple victims.

The arrest of Ford suggests federal prosecutors are pursuing charges against individuals who may have facilitated the shooting through weapons provision, even if they were not the direct perpetrators of the violence.

Further details about the case, including Ford's relationship to the shooter and the specific federal charges he faces, have not been disclosed by the Department of Justice at this time.