Eight dead and suspect in custody after Mississippi shooting
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation: shootings occurred at three homes Sheriff’s deputy among dead in rural Lincoln County, motive not known
Associated Press in Brookhaven, Mississippi
Sunday 28 May 2017 10.42 EDTFirst published on Sunday 28 May 201709.49 EDT
Authorities in Mississippi said a suspect was in custody after eight people were killed in a shooting, including a sheriff’s deputy.
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain said the shootings occurred at three separate homes on Saturday night in rural Lincoln County. Two of the homes are in Brookhaven and one is in Bogue Chitto. The area is about 68 miles south of Jackson, the state capital.
Strain said investigators were gathering evidence at all three locations, and that charges had not yet been filed against the suspect. It would be “premature” to discuss a motive, he said.
The identities of the suspect and victims were not immediately released. It was not clear whether the suspect knew his victims before allegedly killing them.
A local newspaper, the Clarion-Ledger, posted video of a man identified as the suspect talking to a reporter while handcuffed and sitting on a road.
Mississippi governor Phil Bryant issued a statement asking state residents to pray for the victims. He also noted the “sacrifice” made by law enforcement officers to protect and serve their communities.
“Every day, the men and women who wear the badge make some measure of sacrifice to protect and serve their communities,” he said. “Too often, we lose one of our finest. I thank the law enforcement agencies involved for their hard work."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/28/eight-dead-suspect-custody-mississippi-shooting
8 killed in Mississippi mass shooting
Published time: 28 May, 2017 14:11Edited time: 28 May, 2017 14:30
© Kyle Carter / Reuteit's
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.
Investigators are working to determine a motive for the killings.
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 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 areporter 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.
https://www.rt.com/usa/389985-lincoln-mississippi-shooting-deaths/
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation: shootings occurred at three homes Sheriff’s deputy among dead in rural Lincoln County, motive not known
Associated Press in Brookhaven, Mississippi
Sunday 28 May 2017 10.42 EDTFirst published on Sunday 28 May 201709.49 EDT
Authorities in Mississippi said a suspect was in custody after eight people were killed in a shooting, including a sheriff’s deputy.
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain said the shootings occurred at three separate homes on Saturday night in rural Lincoln County. Two of the homes are in Brookhaven and one is in Bogue Chitto. The area is about 68 miles south of Jackson, the state capital.
Strain said investigators were gathering evidence at all three locations, and that charges had not yet been filed against the suspect. It would be “premature” to discuss a motive, he said.
The identities of the suspect and victims were not immediately released. It was not clear whether the suspect knew his victims before allegedly killing them.
A local newspaper, the Clarion-Ledger, posted video of a man identified as the suspect talking to a reporter while handcuffed and sitting on a road.
Mississippi governor Phil Bryant issued a statement asking state residents to pray for the victims. He also noted the “sacrifice” made by law enforcement officers to protect and serve their communities.
“Every day, the men and women who wear the badge make some measure of sacrifice to protect and serve their communities,” he said. “Too often, we lose one of our finest. I thank the law enforcement agencies involved for their hard work."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/28/eight-dead-suspect-custody-mississippi-shooting
8 killed in Mississippi mass shooting
Published time: 28 May, 2017 14:11Edited time: 28 May, 2017 14:30
© Kyle Carter / Reuteit's
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.
Investigators are working to determine a motive for the killings.
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 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 areporter 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.
https://www.rt.com/usa/389985-lincoln-mississippi-shooting-deaths/
