UNITED STATES: Mississippi shooting leaves eight dead

An overnight shooting in the US state of Mississippi has left eight people dead, including a local deputy sheriff, police say. The shootings took place in three separate locations in Bogue Chitto and Brookhaven in Lincoln County. A male suspect, named in local media as Cory Godbolt, was detained on Sunday morning and is in […]

An overnight shooting in the US state of Mississippi has left eight people dead, including a local deputy sheriff, police say.

The shootings took place in three separate locations in Bogue Chitto and Brookhaven in Lincoln County. A male suspect, named in local media as Cory Godbolt, was detained on Sunday morning and is in police custody. Authorities say it is too early to consider any possible motive behind the killings.

The suspect, speaking to local paper The Clarion-Ledger after police detained him, said he was “sorry” and “ain’t fit to live, not after what I done”.