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Fourth Arkansas Mass Shooting Victim Dies

The police announced that a fourth victim of the Fordyce, Arkansas shooting died one day after a gunman opened fire in a supermarket that left nine others injured.

44-year-old Suspect Travis Poseyfaces four counts of capital murder with additional charges pending after he allegedly started shooting in Mad Butcher grocery store, the only supermarket in the small Arkansas town, on Friday, June 21 at 11:38am.

Arkansas State Police said fourteen people were struck by gunfire in total, including 11 civilians, two law enforcement officers and the suspect. Four of the injured have since died: Shirley Taylor, 62, Callie Weems, 23 Roy Sturgis, 50, and Ellen Shrum, 81.

Seven other civilians five female victims and two males, ranging in age from 20 to 65 also suffered gunshot wounds.

However, four of them are still in the hospital, including one woman in critical condition while the three others were treated and released from the hospital on Friday.

Posey, the suspect, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement and was then taken to Ouachita County Detention Centre.

The motive is still unknown for a shooting. Arkansas State Police are investigating the massacre the second mass shooting in the state this month alone,

VOP Lagos

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