Shooting at grocery store in south Arkansas kills 2 and wounds 6 others, police say

FORDYCE, Arkansas -- Two radical were killed and six wounded, including 1 instrumentality enforcement officer, erstwhile a shooter opened occurrence Friday astatine a market store successful Arkansas, constabulary said.

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The shooting occurred astatine the Mad Butcher market store successful Fordyce. The suspected shooter was critically injured aft being changeable by police, Arkansas State Police said. An serviceman was among those changeable but did not person life-threatening injuries.

Police did not instantly accidental whether the shooting occurred wrong oregon extracurricular the store.

Fordyce is simply a metropolis of astir 3,200 radical located 65 miles southbound of Little Rock.

Video posted connected societal media showed astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic lying successful the parking lot, portion different captured aggregate gunshots ringing out.

Images from TV reporters connected the country showed a slew of slug holes successful the market store's window. In video footage, section and authorities agencies could beryllium seen responding to the scene, with astatine slightest 1 aesculapian chopper landing nearby.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she had been briefed connected the shooting.

"I americium thankful to instrumentality enforcement and archetypal responders for their speedy and heroic enactment to prevention lives," Sanders posted connected the societal media level X. "My prayers are with the victims and each those impacted by this."

David Rodriguez, 58, had stopped astatine his section state presumption successful Fordyce to capable up his car erstwhile helium heard what helium thought were fireworks from a adjacent vendor's stand.

"We heard a fewer small pops," helium said.

He past saw radical moving from the Mad Butcher market store into the parking lot, and 1 idiosyncratic lying connected the ground. He began signaling video with his telephone earlier the gunfire escalated.

"The constabulary started to amusement up, and past determination was monolithic gunfire and ambulances pulling up," helium said. "The bullets were conscionable flying."