Fordyce, Ar.– Early Friday (6/21/24) morning a shooter opened fire at a grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas, south of Little Rock.
The shooting occurring after 11:30 a.m. at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas. A small town with more than 3,000 citizens.
The shooter injuring 12 civilians, killing 4. Posey exchanged fire with officer, hitting two which are said to have non-life threatening injuries.
The fourth death comes after the shooting occured, on Saturday.
The name of the victims were released late Saturday night:
- Shirley Taylor, 62
- Callie Weems, 23
- Roy Sturgis, 50
- Ellen Shrum, 81
Five female and three male civilians, ranging in age from 20 to 65, survived injuries sustained in the shooting. Four of those individuals remain hospitalized, including a woman who is in critical condition at UAMS in Little Rock. Three of the injured civilians were treated and released from the Dallas County Medical Center on Friday.
Callie Weems, 23, was shot as she was rendering aide to another victim, she died from her injuries. Weems parents in an interview with a local news station in Little Rock say she had a 10 month old baby, that now they are left to care for.
Fordyce Police Officer James Johnson, 31, was released from a Little Rock hospital this evening after being treated for a gunshot wound. Stuttgart Police Officer John Hudson, 24, received minor injuries.
The suspect, identified as Travis Eugene Posey, 44, of New Edinburg was shot by police and has been taken into custody as this time.
According to ASP, Posey will be charged with four counts of Capitol Murder. Additional charges are pending. He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement, released to ASP custody, and transported to the Ouachita County Detention Center.
Multiple agencies responded to the scene.
A video circulating on social media, recorded at a nearby convince store shows what appears to be the gunman. That video has yet to be confirmed by Brookland News, while another video showed the alleged shooter.