{"id":2275517,"date":"2024-06-21T22:40:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T02:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-police-name-suspect-in-mad-butcher-shooting-that-left-three-dead\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T22:41:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T02:41:22","slug":"arkansas-police-name-suspect-in-mad-butcher-shooting-that-left-three-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-police-name-suspect-in-mad-butcher-shooting-that-left-three-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas police identify suspect in &#8216;Mad Butcher&#8217; shooting, three fatalities reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farkansas-police-name-suspect-in-mad-butcher-shooting-that-left-three-dead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2275517&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Arkansas State Police have\u2062 identified the suspect in a tragic shooting at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-year-of-living-fearfully\/\" title=\"The Year of Living Fearfully\">grocery store<\/a> in Fordyce, which \u2063resulted in three fatalities and 11 injuries. The suspect, named Travis\u2062 Eugene Posey, 44, from New Edinburg, is expected to face three counts of capital murder, with additional\u200b charges pending. The incident occurred\u2062 outside \u2063the Mad Butcher grocery store, located about\u200b 65 miles \u200dsouth of Little Rock, Arkansas, at about \u200c11:30 a.m. During the event, \u2064two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-shooting-legacy-good-samaritan-hospital-on-lockdown-amid-active-shooter-event-2\/\" title=\"Active shooter event prompts lockdown at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland.\">law enforcement \u2062officers<\/a>\u2064 were\u200b also wounded but \u200dsustained non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-duty-austin-police-officer-forced-to-confront-armed-suspect\/\" title=\"Off-duty Austin police officer forced to confront armed suspect\">-life-threatening injuries<\/a>. Posey is \u200bcurrently held at the Ouachita County Detention Facility.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arkansas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Arkansas<\/a> State Police named the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">suspect in a shooting<\/a> that left three killed and 11 wounded at a grocery store in Fordyce. <\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement said in a press release Friday evening that Travis Eugene Posey, 44, of New Edinburg, will be charged with three counts of capital murder. Arkansas State Police said additional charges are pending as Posey is held at the Ouachita County Detention Facility.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gun-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"shooting occurred\">shooting occurred<\/a> around 11:30 a.m. Friday outside a Mad Butcher grocery store, 65 miles south of Little Rock, Arkansas. Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-details-emerge-about-alleged-attack-by-chris-christies-niece-on-6-cops-after-getting-booted-off-flight-report\/\" title=\"New Details Emerge About Alleged Attack By Chris Christie\u2019s Niece On 6 Cops After Getting Booted Off Flight: Report\">law enforcement officers received<\/a> non-life-threatening injuries while exchanging gunfire with the shooter Friday, according to Mike Hagar, Arkansas State Police secretary of public safety and director. At least one of the nine others injured are in critical condition.  <\/p>\n<p>A witness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/shooting-outside-arkansas-grocery-store-3-dead-multiple-wounded-including-2-law-enforcement-officers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> Fox News he saw a medevac land at the local hospital\u2019s helipad and said that \u201cmultiple agencies were down here trying to figure out what was going on.\u201d Another witness said the shooter \u201cdestroyed a community today.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Police at the scene of the shooting at the Mad Butcher grocery store on Friday, June 21, 2024, in Fordyce, Arkansas. (KATV via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gov. Sarah Huckabee-Sanders (R-AR) said on social media that she had been \u201cbriefed on the tragic shooting in Fordyce, and I\u2019m in constant contact with State Police at the scene. I am thankful to law enforcement and first responders for their quick and heroic action to save lives. My prayers are with the victims and all those impacted by this horrific incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sens. John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) also expressed condolences on social media. <\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement has not released the shooter\u2019s identity. The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Arkansas State Police for comment. <\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1405521\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1405521\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas State Police identified Travis Eugene Posey, 44, from New Edinburg, as the suspect in a Fordyce grocery store shooting. The incident resulted in three deaths and 11 injuries. Posey faces three counts of capital murder, with potential additional charges pending, according to a Friday evening press release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2275518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Arkansas-Grocery-Store-Shooting.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2275517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Arkansas-Grocery-Store-Shooting.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2275518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2275517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2275517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}