3 dead in Mississippi hotel shooting; police in standoff

A taking pictures Wednesday at a lodge on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast left three folks useless and police in a standoff with the suspect at a enterprise a number of miles away, authorities mentioned.

Gulfport police mentioned the suspect was barricaded inside a enterprise and officers had shut down entry to the world. Officers had been negotiating to get the suspect to give up and no pictures had been fired within the standoff, Officer Hannah Hendry mentioned.

Biloxi Police Division Capt. Milton Houseman confirmed that three folks had been killed however had no particulars on their id.

Police mentioned the taking pictures occurred about 9 a.m. on the Biloxi Broadway Inn, information shops reported. The gunman fled after which apparently assaulted one other sufferer in Gulfport – about 13 miles (20 kilometers) west of Biloxi – earlier than police caught up with him, police mentioned.