NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed in a series of related shootings in the U.S. state of Mississippi late Friday night, and a suspect has been taken into custody, according to local authorities.
Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott said on Facebook that "multiple innocent lives" were lost "due to violence" in the town of West Point, near the state border with Alabama. The sheriff told local media 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.
The sheriff's office had not provided further details about the shootings, including potential motives or the identity of the victims, as of Saturday morning. ■
