Arkansas mass shooting: Fourth victim dies one day after shooting at Fordyce grocery store

A fourth victim died one day after a shooter opened fire at an Arkansas grocery store . Nine others were also injured in the shooting.

Arkansas State Police said a total of 14 people were hit by gunfire . In a statement, police said "11 civilians, two law enforcement officers and the suspect." The dead were identified as Shirley Taylor, 62, Callie Weems, 23, Roy Sturgis, 50, and Ellen Shrum, 81 - "all civilians," according to the statement.

The wounded range in age between 20 and 65, police said. Four are still hospitalized, including a woman who was in critical condition.

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The wounded officers were identified as Fordyce Police Officer James Johnson, 31, who was released from a hospital Saturday evening, and Stuttgart Police Officer John Hudson, 24, whose injuries were said to be minor.

Police said the suspect is Travis Eugene Posey, 44, of New Edinburg, and he will be charged with four counts of capital murder.

"He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement" and was then released to police custody and taken to the Ouachita County Detention Center, police said in the statement.

The Ouachita County Sheriff's Office confirmed Saturday that he is being held at the detention center but had no information about a possible lawyer. No inmate record was online for him yet.

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The shooting took place around 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce , a city of about 3,200 people located 65 miles south of Little Rock .

Roderick Rogers, a member of the city council, said he called the sheriff when employees at his restaurant nearby notified him of the shooting . When he got there, he saw people running for cover in every direction, even one running to the hospital nearby.
"People were just jumping into cars to get to safety," Rogers said.

Local and state agencies responded to the scene. A medical helicopter rushed some victims to hospital.

It was the latest mass shooting with a grocery store as its backdrop. In 2022 a white supremacist killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. That came a little more than a year after 10 people were fatally shot at supermarket in Boulder, Colorado.