Highway Patrol says 8 people dead, including the gunman, in shootings in southeastern Missouri
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol says seven people have been killed in overnight shootings in southeastern Missouri and that the gunman is also dead.
Sergeant Jeff Kinder says the 36-year-old suspect was found dead in Shannon County early Friday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Investigators say the attacks took place in multiple locations in and around the town of Tyrone, in Texas County, about 40 miles north of the Arkansas border.
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Authorities have not named the victims or the gunman. The victims were found at four different homes.
One injured person was taken to a hospital.
An investigation is ongoing. A motive for the killings and possible connections between the shooter and victims were not immediately clear.