3 dead in shooting at grocery store in Arkansas

3 dead in shooting at grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas

Updated: June 21, 2024, 8:04 p.m. CDT

WE GO STRAIGHT TO BREAKING NEWS FROM FORDYCE, ARKANSAS WHERE THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED. AT LEAST 8 OTHER CIVILIANS AS WELL AS TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE INJURED BY GUNSHOT. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED TODAY AROUND 11:30 AM AT THE “MAD BUTCHER” STORE IN FORDYCE. THAT’S ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE ROCK. COPS ALSO SAY THEY SHOT AND INJURED THE SUSPECT BEFORE TAKING HIM INTO CAPTIVITY. AUTHORITIES SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL IN THE VERY EARLY PHASES. <> (“It is tragic. Our hearts are broken. Our prayers, along with those of Governor Sanders and the entire State of Arkansas, are with this community and the victims affected.”) ARKANSAS STATE POLICE SAID THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH GOVERNOR SARAH SANDERS, WHO HAS PROMISED TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE NEEDED WITH THE INVESTIGATION. IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE HEARING FROM PEOPLE SHOPPING IN THE AREA. <> (“You know, this is scary. This is something new for all of us, even me, I don’t live down here. So when I go to Mad Butcher for lunch, I go to lunch without having to worry about our lives. And I felt like the active shooter wasn’t thinking about the kids. He wasn’t thinking about the people that were around him, the real people that lost their lives just because they were going through something.”) <> “Man, they were just good people, just in the wrong place at the wrong time and they didn’t deserve it. But I’ve learned something in life, man. Bad things happen to good people and I really hate that.” INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY PLAN TO RELEASE MORE DETAILS LATER

3 dead in shooting at grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas

Updated: June 21, 2024, 8:04 p.m. CDT

Three people were killed in a shooting at a grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas, Friday morning, according to Arkansas Department of Public Safety Director Mike Hagar. The shooting occurred at the Mad Butcher store around 11:30 a.m. The gunman injured 10 other people, including two police officers. The ASP said the condition of their injuries ranged from “non-life-threatening” to “extremely critical.” Police fired at and wounded the gunman, who was taken into custody. The identity of the gunman, victims and possible motives have not been released.

Three people were killed in a shooting at a grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas, Friday morning, according to Mike Hagar, director of the Arkansas Department of Public Safety.

The shooting occurred around 11:30 a.m. at the Mad Butcher store

The gunman injured ten other people, including two police officers. According to the ASP, the condition of their injuries ranged from “non-life-threatening” to “extremely critical.”

The police fired at the shooter and wounded him; he was taken into custody.

The identities of the shooter and victims, as well as possible motives, have not been disclosed.