Mississippi
3 dead in Mississippi hotel shooting; police in standoff
A capturing at a resort on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast has left three individuals lifeless and police in a standoff with the suspect at a enterprise a number of miles away
BILOXI, Miss. — A capturing Wednesday at a resort on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast left three individuals lifeless and police in a standoff with the suspect at a enterprise a number of miles away, authorities stated.
Gulfport police stated the suspect was barricaded inside a enterprise and officers had shut down entry to the realm. Officers had been negotiating to get the suspect to give up and no photographs had been fired within the standoff, Officer Hannah Hendry stated.
Biloxi Police Division Capt. Milton Houseman confirmed that three individuals had been killed however had no particulars on their id.
Police stated the capturing occurred about 9 a.m. on the Biloxi Broadway Inn, information shops reported. The gunman fled after which apparently assaulted one other sufferer in Gulfport — about 13 miles (20 kilometers) west of Biloxi— earlier than police caught up with him, police stated.