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A suspect was arrested after six people were killed in gunfire Friday afternoon in a small Mississippi town outside Memphis, officials said.
The shootings happened about 12:30 p.m. CST in three locations in Arkabutla, Tate County, which is about 40 miles south of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, officials said.
A Tate County Sheriff’s spokesperson said there were “multiple fatalities” and “we have arrested the guy who did it.”
Richard Dale Crum, 52, of Arkabulta, was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder, and more charges for the other victims will be filed later, the sheriff’s office said.
“At this time, we believe he acted alone,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a statement. “His motive is not yet known.”
Crum is being held without bond, it said.
The sheriff’s office said the investigation was in its initial stages, and it was limited in how much information it could release.
Phone numbers listed in public records as being connected to Crum were out of service Friday. It was not clear if he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Bailey Martin, a rep for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, said that six people had been killed.
At least one victim was gunned down at the Express Mart gas station and convenience store, the sheriff’s rep said.
Mississippi had the most firearm mortalities per capita, according to 2020 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
Arkabutla has a population of just 285 and its best-known native son is EGOT actor James Earl Jones, who was born there Jan. 17, 1931.
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