WEST POINT, Miss. (AP) – Authorities in Mississippi have charged a 24-year-old man with murder after six people were killed in a series of related shootings Friday night. Reporter Bernie Bennett has details. VERBATIM: Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott says Daricka Moore shot his father, brother and uncle at one house before driving to another […]
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Suspect Arrested in Multiple Shootings in Mississippi
WEST POINT, Miss. (AP) – Authorities in Mississippi have charged a 24-year-old man with murder after six people were killed in a series of related shootings Friday night. Reporter Bernie Bennett has details.
VERBATIM:
Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott says Daricka Moore shot his father, brother and uncle at one house before driving to another home and shooting the 7-year-old daughter of a cousin. He then allegedly drove to a church and shot the pastor and the pastor’s brother.
Sheriff Scott said at a Saturday news conference that evidence and witnesses indicate that Moore was the only shooter and no other injuries have been reported.
Moore was captured at a police roadblock after an hours-long search. Prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty. Moore is expected to be appointed a public defender on Monday.
Bernie Bennett reporting.