Death toll in Arkansas shooting rises to four
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Thirteen people sustained injuries in the shooting that occurred just after 11:30 am on Friday
(Web Desk) – Police on Saturday announced the death of an injured in Arkansas store shooting raising death toll to four.
Police identified the deceased as Ellen Shrum, 81.
Thirteen people sustained injuries in the shooting that occurred just after 11:30 am on Friday, both inside and outside the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, a town about 70 miles south of Little Rock.
The injured including two law enforcement officers, Arkansas State Police said. None of the four deceased victims are officers.
The three killed earlier were identified by police and family members as Callie Weems, 23; Roy Sturgis, 50; and Shirley Taylor, 62.
Seven other people — five women and two men, ranging in age from 20 to 65 years old — survived their injuries, police said Saturday night. Four of those seven remain in the hospital, including one woman who is in critical condition.
One Fordyce police officer, James Johnson, 31, was released Saturday morning from a hospital in Little Rock, police said. He was treated for a gunshot wound.
The other injured officer, John Hudson, 24, with the Stuttgart Police Department, suffered minor injuries, police said.
The suspect, 44-year-old Travis Eugene Posey, who police said will be charged with four counts of capital murder, was also injured in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement. Other charges are pending.
After receiving care for his wounds, which police said were non-life-threatening, the suspect was taken into custody by the Arkansas State Police and booked into the Ouachita County Detention Center.
Police have yet to determine a motive.
