The suspected shooter who left three dead and ten injured in an Arkansas supermarket is a 44-year-old man

Several people, including a police officer, were injured in a shooting at a grocery store in Arkansas on Friday.

The shooting was reported around noon at the Mad Butcher market in Fordyce, about 70 miles south of Little Rock, according to the Southeast Arkansas Times.

Officials said the shooter was arrested, but the scene was still busy. A video posted online showed a heavy police presence outside the local grocery store.

Authorities have not released any further information or details about injuries or the number of shooters.

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At least eight people were reportedly injured in a shooting in Fordyce around noon, including “at least one police officer.”

A Dallas County Courthouse employee told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette At least four active shooters were involved in the incident.

It is currently not known whether all shooters have been identified.

The employee told the outlet that at least one of the victims was in critical condition following the “shooting.”

An incident report said two groups were involved in the incident and that “AR-15-style weapons” were used. Southeast Arkansas Times.

In a video posted by a citizen on Facebook, at least ten shots can be heard from the area.

Footage taken from a distance appeared to show a body lying in a parking lot.

The person who shot the video, Casey D. Rodriguez, said the location was the Mad Butcher.

“There is someone lying shot in the parking lot,” Rodriguez says in the video.

Calhoun County Judge Floyd Nutt confirmed the death after the shooting, but said there was no longer any activity at the scene.

Calhoun County deployed police forces to assist in the response.

The motive for the shooting, in which four armed persons were allegedly involved, is still unknown at this time.

The shooting in Arkansas occurred nearly two years after a similar mass murder at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.

Ten black people were killed and three others injured in the racially motivated incident at the Tops grocery store.

Payton Gendron, who is white, is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to charges of murder and hate-motivated domestic terrorism.

Gendron, who was 18 when he livestreamed the massacre after a three-hour drive from his home in Conklin, New York, could face the death penalty if convicted of federal hate crimes. He has pleaded not guilty in that case.

Last month, the city of Buffalo commemorated the second anniversary of the shooting by dedicating a memorial to honor the victims.

The central square in front of the Tops supermarket is now occupied by a sculpture entitled “Unity”. It consists of purple metal columns that represent the people killed. Three golden columns represent the injured.

Footage shared on social media showed rescue helicopters arriving at the scene of the shooting in Arkansas.

The exact number of victims is not yet known, but the death of one person has been confirmed.

According to police, two people were killed and eight others injured in the shooting at a grocery store in southern Arkansas.

The exact number of shooters and their motive are still unclear.

Police presence on site remains uninterrupted.

Locals described the incident at the Fordyce supermarket as “a terrible day for our small town.”

Fordyce resident Charise Ellson called the shooting a “horrific tragedy” and thanked law enforcement for their quick response.

“To all our family and Facebook friends. We are doing well. Today was a terrible day for our little town of Fordyce, Arkansas,” Ellson wrote on Facebook.

“I’m sure you will all soon hear about the mass shooting that occurred in Fordyce at our local grocery store. Police responded quickly and as far as we know they have arrested the shooter. Unfortunately, several people were shot. There is still a heavy police presence in the area as they continue to work.

“Many thanks to the police for their quick action in arresting the attacker and for the safety of other people in the surrounding shops.

“This is a small town and we personally know several people who were very close by when the shooting happened. It’s just so horrible what happened to people who were just shopping.”

The mayor of Kingsland, a city in Arkansas, said she narrowly escaped the shooting in the Mad Butcher parking lot in Fordyce.

Mayor Sharon Crosby said she was walking down the side street toward the grocery store parking lot when a young man motioned for her to turn around.

She told the local press, Cleveland County Herald that she heard several shots as she retreated.

One of the shots, she added, appeared to have hit the ground right next to a police officer as he fled behind his patrol car for protection.

Crosby said she drove her car to a car wash near the crime scene to avoid an encounter with a suspect who was trying to flee the scene.

The mayor left the scene shortly afterwards and saw several police vehicles with their blue lights on driving towards Fordyce.