A fourth victim has died a day after a shooting at an Arkansas grocery store, police say

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Authorities in Arkansas say a fourth victim has died a day after a shooter opened fire at a grocery store, wounding nine others and riddling cars with bullet holes as panicked bystanders scrambled for cover. State police say in a statement that the person died Saturday evening.

Damage can be seen to a front window law enforcement officers work the scene of a shooting at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, Ark., Friday, June 21, 2024. Law enforcement officers work the scene of a shooting at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, Ark., Friday, June 21, 2024. Police respond to the scene of a shooting on Friday, June 21, 2024 in Fordyce, Ark.

The person died Saturday evening, Arkansas state police said in a statement, listing a total of 14 people as hit by gunfire: “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 were still hospitalized, including a woman who was in critical condition. The shooting occurred about 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.

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