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8 killed in Mississippi mass shooting Shooter kills 8 in Mississippi, tells police he 'ain't fit to live'
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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 been killed in a shooting spree in rural Mississippi. The incident occurred following a domestic dispute between the suspect, his estranged wife, and her family.
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 tragedy unfolded after the suspect, 35-year-old Willie Corey Godbolt, got into an argument with his estranged wife and her family over his children. 
Investigators are working to determine a motive for the killings. Godbolt first opened fire at the house of his in-laws in the town of Bogue Chitto, after a deputy arrived in response to a domestic disturbance call, AP reported. 
RT.com has contacted the bureau for further information. The bodies of three women and Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputy William Durr were found at the scene, according to Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain, as cited by the Clarion-Ledger newspaper.
The shootings reportedly occurred at three separate properties, two in Brookhaven and the third in Bogue Chitto, some 10 miles (16km) away. The shooting spree then spread to two additional houses in Brookhaven, with Godbolt going on to shoot two boys and an adult man and woman.
The suspect has been identified in local media as Cory Godbolt, 35. Godbolt was eventually arrested and handcuffed before being treated at a local hospital for a gunshot wound. It remains unclear who shot him.
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. Speaking to the Clarion-Ledger while handcuffed, Godbolt gave his version of events.
In the video, Godbolt says his estranged wife and her partner had been threatening to take away his children. "We [were] talking about me taking my children...I was having a conversation with her step-daddy and her mama and her, my wife, about me taking my children home," he said. "Somebody called the officer, people that didn't even live at the house, but that's what they do. They intervene."
“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.” Godbolt's stepfather-in-law, Vincent Mitchell, told AP that Godbolt's wife and their two children had been staying at his home for about three weeks after she left her husband due to domestic violence.
Asked by the reporter what he thinks his future will hold, he replies: “Death”.  Referencing the slain deputy, Godbolt said: "It cost him his life. I'm sorry." 
“I ran out of bullets. Suicide by cop was my intention. I ain’t fit to live,” he adds. He went on to say his intention was to be killed by police.
Mississippi governor Phil Bryant has expressed sympathy for those killed in the shooings. "I ran out of bullets," he said. "Suicide by cop was my intention."
"I ain't fit to live, not after what I done," he continued.
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant has expressed sympathy for those killed in the shootings.
“I ask all Mississippians to join [my wife] Deborah and me in praying for those lost in Lincoln County,” he posted on Facebook.“I ask all Mississippians to join [my wife] Deborah and me in praying for those lost in Lincoln County,” he posted on Facebook.
  The mass shooting is the largest crime spree in recent history for Lincoln County. However, Strain stressed that 2017 has already seen a large number of murders in Mississippi.  
"Just this year we've had a quadruple homicide in Yazoo County, a quadruple homicide in the city of Jackson, a quadruple homicide in Lauderdale County, and now eight people killed in one shooting spree here in Lincoln County," he said, as quoted by the Clarion-Ledger.
"You think you've seen it all, then another day comes along."
Located in southern Mississippi, Lincoln County is home to around 34,000 people. The county seat, Brookhaven, is located just under an hour from the state capital, Jackson.