[Breaking news update, published at 9:56 a.m. ET]
Eight people, plus a suspect, were found dead in multiple locations after a report of gunfire in south-central Missouri, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Friday morning.
Police said there were “multiple homicides,” although one of the eight, an elderly woman, apparently died of natural causes. Police didn’t say how the others died, though police found them in several homes in Tyrone, Missouri, after a report of gunfire Thursday night.
The suspect, a 36-year-old man, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot in a vehicle in an adjacent county, the highway patrol said.
[Original story, published at 9:10 a.m. ET]
Report: 9 dead after southern Missouri shootings
Nine people are dead after shootings in south-central Missouri, the Houston Herald newspaper in Missouri reported Friday morning, citing a sheriff there.
There are multiple crime scenes, including four in the Texas County community of Tyrone, county Sheriff James Sigman told the Herald.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is expected to hold a news conference about the deaths at about 9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET) Friday, CNN affiliate KYTV reported.
Tyrone is about 135 miles (84 kilometers) southwest of St. Louis.