Police Name Suspect In Arkansas Mass Shooting

June 23, 2024 Crime, Mass Shootings

The Washington Post reports:

Four people were killed and nine injured, including two police officers, when a gunman opened fire Friday morning outside a grocery store in Fordyce, Ark., according to state police.

Law enforcement responded to calls around 11:40 a.m. on Friday about a shooting at the Mad Butcher grocery store, said Mike Hagar, director of the Arkansas State Police. The shooter was taken into custody after he was shot in an exchange of gunfire with officers, he said.

Police identified the suspected gunman as Travis Eugene Posey, 44, of New Edinburg, Ark., about 11 miles southeast of Fordyce. He will be charged with four counts of capital murder, state police said in a statement. Additional charges are pending.

CNN reports:



Families were shopping at a local grocery store in a small Arkansas town on Friday when the sound of gunfire reverberated through the store, sending them running for cover or huddling in a freezer.

Katrina Doherty – who had been shopping for dinner with her 18-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son – said she first thought she heard the sound of something falling but then saw glass shatter and someone drop to the ground. That’s when she knew shots were being fired.

Not finding an escape route, Doherty and others in the store hurriedly hid in a freezer. Doherty’s daughter and son, who were in a different aisle, reunited with their mother in the back of the store and followed two store workers into the freezer. The 39-year-old mother said she heard about nine or ten rounds before making it into the icy shelter.

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