Six killed in Mississippi shootings, suspect held in custody after attacks
Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott said in a Facebook post that multiple innocent lives' were lost 'due to violence in the town of West Point, near the Alabama border
 "Six killed in Mississippi shootings, suspect held in custody after attacks")
Authorities say a person was in custody Saturday after six people were killed in a series of related shootings in eastern Mississippi.
Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott said in a Facebook post that multiple innocent lives" were lost "due to violence in the town of West Point, near the Alabama border. The sheriff told WTVA that six people were killed in three locations.
A suspect was in custody and there was no threat to the community, the sheriff wrote on Facebook.
I ask that you lift our victims and their families in your prayers Law Enforcement is busy investigating and will release an update as soon as possible, he wrote.
The sheriff's office did not provide further details early Saturday, but planned a morning news conference.
(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)