, wounding nine others and riddling cars with bullet holes as panicked bystanders scrambled for cover.
The shooting in Arkansas took place around 11.30am.Friday at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, a city of about 3200 people located 104 kilometres south of Little Rock. The dead were identified as Shirley Taylor, 62; Callie Weems, 23; Roy Sturgis, 50; and Ellen Shrum, 81. They were all civilians, according to the statement.
Police identified the suspect is Travis Eugene Posey, 44, of New Edinburg, and said he will be charged with four counts of capital murder.