{"id":323253,"date":"2017-05-28T17:45:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T17:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=323253"},"modified":"2017-05-28T17:45:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T17:45:56","slug":"us-mississippi-shooting-leaves-eight-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=323253","title":{"rendered":"US Mississippi shooting leaves eight dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">An overnight shooting in the US state of Mississippi has left eight people dead, including a local deputy sheriff, police say.<\/p>\n<p>The shootings took place in three separate locations in Lincoln County, south Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>A male suspect, named in local media as Cory Godbolt, was detained on Sunday morning and is in police custody.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say it is too early to consider any possible motive behind the killings.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy sheriff who died in the shooting was named as William Durr, 36.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Sheriff Durr and three women were found dead at the scene of the shooting in Bogue Chitto, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The next shooting took place in Brookhaven, where &#8220;the bodies of two juvenile males were located&#8221;, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The third crime scene was in East Lincoln, where a man and woman were killed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/49D9\/production\/_96250981_untitled.png\" alt=\"Suspect Cory Godbolt handcuffed, and sat on the ground, after being detained by police\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>The suspect, Cory Godbolt, spoke to local paper The Clarion-Ledger after he was detained.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was &#8220;sorry&#8221; and &#8220;ain&#8217;t fit to live, not after what I done&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was in conversation with his wife and her family &#8220;about me taking my children home&#8221; when someone called the police.<\/p>\n<p>Cory Godbolt said he had been shot by someone, and was treated for a gunshot wound after being detained, the newspaper added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n<figure style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/97F9\/production\/_96250983_0330durr.jpg\" alt=\"File photo of deputy sheriff William Durr\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Durr was described as a &#8220;mild mannered officer&#8221; who also did puppet shows for children<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A 16-year-old, believed to have been taken hostage by the suspect, was safe, The Daily Leader reported.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi governor Phil Bryant called the incident a &#8220;senseless tragedy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every day, the men and women who wear the badge make some measure of sacrifice to protect and serve their communities. Too often, we lose one of our finest,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Durr, the deputy sheriff killed in the shootings, was described as a &#8220;mild mannered officer&#8221; who liked making people smile.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2014 interview with The Daily Leader, he said he also worked as a ventriloquist, doing puppet shows for children&#8217;s groups.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 Lincoln County, south Mississippi. A male suspect, named in local media as Cory Godbolt, was detained on Sunday morning and is in police custody. 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