Mother of a 10-month-old girl among victims killed in Arkansas grocery store shooting

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A gunman killed three people and wounded 10 at a grocery store in Fordyce, Ark., before being shot and injured by police and arrested. NBC News' Priya Sridhar reports the latest on the investigation and what is known about the victims.

A 23-year-old nurse and mother to a 10-month-old girl is among the three people killed in a shooting Friday at an Arkansas grocery store. Callie Weems, who worked at Dallas County Medical Center, was grocery shopping at Mad Butcher in Fordyce when she was shot, NBC affiliate KARK-TV of Little Rock reported. Her mother, Helen Browning, told the news station that after she heard about the shooting she checked her daughter’s location and it showed that Weems was at the medical center.

Some rounds appeared to be directed at vehicles. Eleven people were shot, including the three who died. The identities of the other two victims killed have not been released. Two officers were also injured with non-life-threatening injuries. Sisters Amiya and Ashiya Doherty were in the back of the family SUV when shots rang out. “He shot at my mother’s car and hit the tire and pssshshsh,” Amiya said, mimicking the sound of air escaping. Ashiya, who was also unharmed, said “it was like a movie.

 

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