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Houston Herald, Jeff McNiell / AP
A gunman went house to house, fatally shooting seven people and wounding another in an overnight attack at a small southern Missouri town, police said Friday. The shooting spree ended when the suspect apparently committed suicide in a vehicle.
The victims were found in four different homes in the town of Tyrone about 40 miles north of the Arkansas border. The body of the 36-year-old alleged gunman was discovered in neighboring Shannon County, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said Friday morning.
Kinder did not release any information about a possible motive for the shootings or how the suspect, who was from Tyrone, was connected to the victims. He added the names of those killed would not be released until all relatives are notified.
The incident appeared to begin late Thursday. Texas County Sheriff's office received a call about 10:15 p.m. from a young woman who said she had fled to a neighbor's home after hearing gunshots in her house, Kinder said. When officers arrived, they found two people dead in that home.
Officers later found five more people who were fatally shot and one injured person in three additional homes. The injured person was taken to a hospital.
The body of an older woman was found in another home, but appeared to have died of natural causes, Kinder said, adding, "We're not calling her a victim at this time."
Texas County coroner Tom Whittaker said investigators were still working at the scenes Friday morning.
"To my recollection, we've never had anything like this," Whittaker said.
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