Last Friday, a shooting outside Mad Butcher in Fordyce, Arkansas left four dead and nine injured, including two state police officers. Arkansas State Police engaged in a shootout with the 44-year-old suspect from New Edinburg, who was later taken into custody on multiple murder charges. Motives remain unclear, and details about weapons and connections to victims are pending. Governor Sarah Huckabee expressed condolences, while the incident adds to a troubling series of shootings at grocery stores nationwide.
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4 killed, 9 wounded in mass shooting outside Arkansas grocery store (CBS)
Grocery store shooting that killed 4 leaves an Arkansas town in disbelief (NYT)
A fourth victim has died a day after a shooting at an Arkansas grocery store (AP)