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Eight people, including a sheriff’s deputy, have died following a shooting spree in rural Mississippi, according to local authorities. | Eight people, including a sheriff’s deputy, have died following a shooting spree in rural Mississippi, according to local authorities. |
The shootings occurred at three separate locations around Lincoln County, south of Jackson, Saturday, a spokesperson from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation confirmed to the Associated Press. A suspect has been arrested. No charges have yet been filed. | The shootings occurred at three separate locations around Lincoln County, south of Jackson, Saturday, a spokesperson from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation confirmed to the Associated Press. A suspect has been arrested. No charges have yet been filed. |
Investigators are working to determine a motive for the killings. | Investigators are working to determine a motive for the killings. |
RT.com has contacted the bureau for further information. | RT.com has contacted the bureau for further information. |
The shootings reportedly occurred at three separate properties, two in Brookhaven and the third in Bogue Chitto, some 10 miles (16km) away. | The shootings reportedly occurred at three separate properties, two in Brookhaven and the third in Bogue Chitto, some 10 miles (16km) away. |
The suspect has been identified in local media as Cory Godbolt, 35. | |
Footage of a handcuffed Godbolt being held police on the East Lincoln Road near Brookhaven has been posted by the Clarion Ledger. It purportedly shows the man giving a reporter his versions of events. | |
In the video, Godbolt says his estranged wife and her partner had been threatening to take away his children. | |
“Then somebody called the officer, people that didn’t even live at the house. That’s what they do, they intervene and it cost him his life,” he says. “I’m sorry.” | |
Asked by the reporter what he thinks his future will hold, he replies: “Death”. | |
“I ran out of bullets. Suicide by cop was my intention. I ain’t fit to live,” he adds. | |
Mississippi governor Phil Bryant has expressed sympathy for those killed in the shooings. | |
“I ask all Mississippians to join [my wife] Deborah and me in praying for those lost in Lincoln County,” he posted on Facebook. | |