Mississippi shooting spree results in six deaths; perpetrator is apprehended
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Six people were killed by a gunman on Friday in the southern US state of Mississippi, leading President Joe Biden to reiterate his appeal for stricter gun laws just days after making a similar plea in the wake of a deadly campus shooting.
Local media said that police in Mississippi said a guy shot and killed a person at a business in the small town of Arkabutla before killing a woman at a residence nearby. Later, CNN revealed that the woman was his ex-wife, citing the county sheriff. Next, according to Sheriff Brad Lance of CNN, police followed his car to a house that was subsequently confirmed to belong to the suspect and discovered the bodies of two additional men inside.
The fifth and sixth victims, a man and a woman, were discovered shot to death at a nearby home and may have been related to the suspect, who was apprehended as he tried to flee, according to Lance. In a Facebook post, the Tate County Sheriff’s Office named the alleged gunman as 52-year-old Richard Dale Crum and stated that he was in arrest and facing first-degree murder charges. Tate Reeves, the governor of Mississippi, tweeted that he had been briefed on the situation. We currently think he acted alone. It is unknown what motivated him, Reeves added.
— Governor Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) February 17, 2023
