Mississippi shooting – latest: Suspect charged with murder for killing six as witnesses describe horror
Shootings occurred across multiple locations
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Six people are dead after a series of shootings in Arkabutla, Mississippi, on Friday, according to officials.
The killings took place outside of a store and inside of a home in the town outside of Memphis, Action News 5 reports.
”We have arrested the guy who did it,” the Tate County Sheriff’s office told NBC News.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is assisting local officials in investigating the shootings.
A suspect, Richard Dale Crum, has been charged with murder.
Witnesses described Mr Crum wearing camoflauge and holding a rifle.
Mississippi shooter ‘acted alone,’ governor says
The Arkabutla shooter likely acted alone, according to Mississippi governor Tate Reeves.
“At this time, we believe he acted alone,” Mr Reeves wrote in a statement on social media. “His motive is not yet known.”
“Please pray for the victims of this tragic violence and their families at this time,” he added.
Mississippi shooting comes on heels of another tragedy in El Paso
The shooting in Arkabutla came just a day after one person was killed and another three were wounded in El Paso, Texas, in a shootout at a mall.
Here’s our report on what happened.
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Shooting occurred across at least three locations: sheriff
Six people are dead after a shooting in the Mississippi town of Arkabutla.
The killings occured across multiple locations, WREG reports. Sheriff Brad Lance told the outlet the shootings happened in a store, a nearby house, and along Arkabutla Dam Road.
The shooter was apprehended, the sheriff went on, in the driveway of a home where multiple vicitms were found.
Man fatally shoots six people in Arkabutla, Mississippi
A man has been arrested after six people were killed in shootings in the town of Arkabutla in Tate County near the border between Mississippi and Tennessee in the vicinity of Memphis.
The office of Governor Tate Reeves said he had been brief on the incidents and that a man had been detained. It’s thought that he was acting along but officials have yet to announce a motive.
Gustaf Kilander is following the story for The Independent.
Six people fatally shot in Mississippi
‘At this time, we believe he acted alone. His motive is not yet known,’ governor says
Data on mass shootings in America
The shooting in Mississippi sadly wasn’t the only mass killing in 2023.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been at least 73 mass shootings this year.
Gunman may have lived at one of locations where shooting took place
The suspect arrested in Friday’s mass shooting in Mississippi may have lived in a home in the town of Arkabutla where two people were found dead, WREG reports.
More details on victims in Mississippi shooting
Officials haven’t released many details about the vicitm’s of today’s shooting in Arkabutla, Mississippi, but we do know a few things.
The victims included both a woman and a man, according to the Tate County Sheriff.
The husband of the woman told a local television station he did not know the man who attack him and his wife.
Mississippi had ‘long gun,’ witness says
The alleged gunman who killed six people in the rural town of Arkabutla, Mississippi, on Friday was “dressed in camouflage with a long gun,” an eyewitness told local news.
‘This is supposed to be a peaceful place’
Witnesses are describing the horrible scenes of a Friday shooting in Mississippi shooting that left six people dead.
“I heard the gunshot from inside my house,” Ethan Cash told WREG. “I had just woken up and I look back here, and I see dude walking back here with a shotgun.”
“I go up to a truck where a guy got shot at, and I check his pulse and make sure he’s okay — he’s already gone at this point,” he continued. “I had a moment where I could have saved someone’s life and I missed it, man...This is supposed to be a peaceful place, and I don’t understand.”
Photo shows Mississippi shooting suspect Richard Dale Crum
Officials have released a booking photo of Richard Dale Crum, 52 , who is accused of killing six people in the small town of Arkabutla, Mississippi, on Friday.
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