Police in southwestern Mississippi have a suspect in custody after eight people, including a Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy, were killed in three separate homes late Saturday night, the Associated Press reports.
The suspect, identified by the local Clarion-Ledger as 35-year-old Cory Godbolt, was filmed sitting along a road in handcuffs by a reporter Sunday morning.
Godbolt told the reporter that he was “trying to have a conversation with [his] wife” about taking his children home when a third party called police.
“My intentions was to have God to kill me. I ran out of bullets,” the local newspaper reported Godbolt as saying.
Godbolt also reportedly took a 16-year-old boy as a hostage. The boy has been safely released. None of the victims, including the deputy of the rural county, have been identified.
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain told The AP that charges have not yet been filed and that it would be “premature” to discuss a motive.
Sunday morning, Gov. Phil Bryant (R) said in a statement:
“I ask all Mississippians to join Deborah and me in praying for those lost in Lincoln County. 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. I thank the law enforcement agencies involved for their hard work. May the peace of the Almighty wash over those hurting after this senseless tragedy.”
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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