The suspect is now in custody, officials said.
A Mississippi sheriff's deputy and seven other people were killed in multiple locations in rural Lincoln County before a suspect was taken into custody by police, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.
Authorities have not released the identities of the victims and the suspect, The Clarion-Ledger reported.
The newspaper's website features a video clip of a man in handcuffs sitting in a road, surrounded by officers. The man, identified as the suspect, tells an interviewer that he was attempting to commit "suicide by cop."
Representatives of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation could not be reached immediately for comment.
In an interview with a newspaper, a suspect gave some insight into the events stating that he wasn't fit to live, not after what he had done.
He is quoted saying by the Clarion-Ledge: “I was having a conversation with her stepdaddy and her mama and her, my wife, about me taking my children home,” the suspect says on the video. “Somebody called the officer, people that didn’t even live at the house. That’s what they do. They intervene. They cost him his life. I’m sorry.” The suspect revealed that he had wanted cops to kill him.
Governor Phil Bryant said in an official statement:
“I ask all Mississippians to join Deborah and me in praying for those lost in Lincoln County. Every day, the men and women who wear the badge make some measure of sacrifice to protect and serve their communities. Too often, we lose one of our finest. I thank the law enforcement agencies involved for their hard work. May the peace of the Almighty wash over those hurting after this senseless tragedy.”
More details awaited.
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