9 shot dead at multiple crime scenes in rural Missouri

635606243448572434-Missouri-crime-sceneUSA Today – by Doug Stanglin

Nine people were found shot to death early Friday in at least four crime scenes in a small community in south central Missouri, according to local media reports.

Texas County Sheriff James Sigman told the Houston Herald Friday that as many as six crime scenes may be involved in the shootings in an area around the unincorporated community of Tyrone, but would not elaborate.  

The dead included the apparent shooter whose body was found in adjoining Shannon County, according to KY3 news. The Herald says the body was found in a parked car.

According to the newspaper, a neighbor near one of the crime scenes reported that authorities came to the door at 3:45 a.m. checking for fatalities or injured individuals.

Residents at one house were told to stay inside and not open the door to strangers, the newspaper said.

The Herald added that the staff at the school district in the small town of Houston, Mo., nearby had been told to arrive early for counseling sessions. There were no further details on why the measures were being taken.

Sigman told the newspaper that a Missouri State Highway Patrol had set up a mobile command post in the area and would hold a news briefing at mid-morning.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/02/27/tyrone-missouri-9-dead/24108089/

5 thoughts on “9 shot dead at multiple crime scenes in rural Missouri

  1. From the Houston [Missouri] Herald, Feb 27, 2015 (http://www.houstonherald.com/news/sheriff-nine-dead-in-tyrone-murder-investigation/article_b59bf6b8-be73-11e4-9f6a-c79579d79c5b.html):

    “The patrol identified four victims Friday afternoon … as two married couples: Garold Dee Aldridge, 52, and Julie Ann Aldridge, 47, and Harold Wayne Aldridge, 50, and Janell Arlisa Aldridge, 48.

    “Three victims’ names are not being released pending notification of next of kin…

    “At another residence on nearby Highway 137 was the body of a deceased elderly woman — Alice L. Aldridge, 74, who apparently died from natural causes. Aldridge was the alleged shooter’s mother. Authorities went to the home looking for the suspect and found the woman dead on the couch of apparent natural causes.

    “Joseph J. Aldridge, who was found dead inside his vehicle on a county road in Shannon County, is a cousin of the male Aldridge victims named this afternoon.”

    Looks like it was most, if not all, a bizarre family affair.

  2. if what happened to my family over the years and is still happening with no end in sight, you wouldn’t believe anything you read either EVER!

    maybe he took out as many family members as he could because there was something worse waiting for them. I really don’t know and either do you.

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