- The gunman has been identified as 52-year-old Richard Dale Crum.
- Governor Tate Reeves was briefed on the incident.
- 73 mass shootings in US in 48 days
Washington: A gunman killed six people on Friday in the southern US state of Mississippi. President Joe Biden He requested a follow-up just days later to call again for stricter gun restrictions Fatal shootings at universities.
Mississippi police said a man shot and killed a man in a store in the small town of Arkabutla, then went next door and killed a woman, according to local media.
CNN It was later reported by the county sheriff that the woman was his ex-wife.
Sheriff Brad Lance said police then located his vehicle at a home determined to be the suspect’s and killed two others nearby. CNN.
A fifth and sixth person, a man and a woman, were shot and killed in a neighboring home and are possibly related to the suspect, who was apprehended while trying to flee, Lance said.
The Tate County Sheriff’s Office identified the alleged gunman as 52-year-old Richard Dale Crum in a Facebook post, saying he is in custody and has been charged with first-degree murder.
In a tweeted statement, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said he had been notified of the incident.
“At this time, we believe he acted alone. His motive is unknown,” Reeves said.
“Please pray for the victims of this tragic violence and their families at this time.”
The case was taken by the sheriff of Tate County, where Arkabutla is located, and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
‘enough’
Days after Friday’s deadly shooting, a man, with no known motive, attacked a university campus in the northern state of Michigan, killing three people.
“Enough is enough,” Biden said in a statement released Friday night, echoing the same dismayed sentiment he expressed after the Michigan shooting.
“We are 48 days into the year and our nation has already suffered at least 73 mass shootings. Thoughts and prayers are not enough. Gun violence is an epidemic and Congress must act now,” Biden said.
last month, Two fatal mass shootings Also occurred in less than a week involving California and the Asian American community.
“We need — need — commonsense Gun law reform” Biden said Friday night.
His call for Congress to reinstate a national ban on assault rifles, in place from 1994 to 2004, has run into opposition from Republicans, who are staunch defenders of the constitutional right to bear arms and hold a majority in the House of Representatives. From the month of January.
According to the Gun Violence Archive database, there were an estimated 44,000 gun-related deaths in the United States last year, about half of them homicides, accidents and self-defense incidents, and half suicides.
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