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A Mississippi man was taken into custody on Sunday, suspected of fatally shooting eight people, including a sheriff's deputy. Authorities identified Lincoln County sheriff's deputy William Durr, 36, as the slain officer according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation

The MBI said the shootings started around 11:30 p.m. at an address in Bogue Chitto, where the deputy and three females were found dead. Bogue Chitto is an unincoporated part of Lincoln County and Brookhaven is the Lincoln County seat, about 60 miles south of Jackson. NEW YORK A Mississippi man went on a shooting spree overnight, killing a sheriff's deputy and seven other people in three separate locations in rural Lincoln County before the suspect was taken into custody by police, authorities said on Sunday.Willie Corey Godbolt, 35, was arrested and was being treated in a hospital for a gunshot wound, according to Warren Strain, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.The sheriff's deputy, identified as William Durr, was fatally shot after responding to an emergency call regarding a domestic dispute late on Saturday night at a house in Bogue Chitto, a small community about 69 miles south of Jackson, the state capital. While he was in custody and awaiting treatment, the suspect spoke to a reporter at The Clarion-Ledger, the daily newspaper based in Jackson. When he was asked what the future holds for him, Godbolt said, “Death.”

“Suicide by cop was my intention. Suspect tells me Lincoln Co. deputy was just in the way, and after all this he meant to commit suicide by cop. "I ain't fit to live, not after what I done," Cory Godbolt told The Clarion-Ledger after his arrest. Phil Bryant mourned the victims, including the sheriff's deputy who died, in what he called a "senseless tragedy." Phil Bryant mourned the victims, including the sheriff’s deputy who died, in what he called a “senseless tragedy.”

“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.
Eight people, including a Lincoln County Sheriff's Department deputy, are fatally shot overnight at three locations in rural Mississippi. A suspect is in custody; he says he intended for it to be "suicide by cop."