Mississippi mass shooting: Six killed and suspect detained, police say

At slightest six radical person died successful a bid of shootings successful a tiny agrarian municipality successful the US authorities of Mississippi, constabulary say.

All the victims were gunned down astatine respective locations successful Arkabutla, astir 45 miles (72km) southbound of Memphis, successful neighbouring Tennessee.

Three victims were recovered dormant wrong 2 houses, portion others were recovered wrong a store, successful a car and connected a road.

Police confirmed they person a lone fishy successful custody.

The Tate County sheriff's bureau identified him arsenic a 52-year-old section resident.

He has been charged with first-degree murder, with further charges to beryllium filed successful the coming days, and is being held without bail astatine the region jail.

The fishy is believed to person acted alone, though his motive is not yet known, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves tweeted connected Friday.

The authorities bureau of probe is helping constabulary with the investigation.

The rampage began erstwhile the gunman entered a store and changeable a antheral astatine astir 11:00 section clip (17:00 GMT), Sheriff Brad Lance told Action News 5.

He past went to a adjacent location wherever helium changeable a pistillate dormant and injured her husband, the sheriff said.

Mr Lance said that the gunman past went to a location believed to beryllium his ain residence and killed 2 much radical there.

Deputies spotted the fishy wrong a car matching witnesses' descriptions and were capable to apprehend him successful the driveway of different location aft a little car chase.

Police recovered 2 much victims there, 1 wrong a car and 1 connected the road, not acold from the different victims successful the municipality of less than 300 people.

The fishy was "dressed successful camouflage with a agelong gun", an eyewitness told section media.

A superior and secondary schoolhouse successful adjacent Coldwater were placed successful lockdown during the incident.

Another witnesser - Ethan Cash, a 19-year-old section nonmigratory - told WREG-TV that helium had seen the gun-toting suspect.

Mr Cash said helium checked the pulse of the unfortunate who died wrong his vehicle.

"This... doesn't hap retired here," helium said. "This is expected to beryllium a peaceful place."

Friday's incidental marks the 73rd wide shooting since the twelvemonth began, according to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA) non-profit probe database.

GVA defines a wide shooting arsenic an incidental successful which 4 oregon much radical are injured oregon killed.