Authorities say a man suspected of fatally shooting three family members in Mississippi has been killed in a shootout with Arizona state troopers
A man suspected of fatally shooting three family members in Mississippi has been killed in a shootout with Arizona state troopers, according to authorities. Ivory James Welch III, 54, was wanted in connection with the deaths of his 76-year-old mother and two sisters, according to police in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The bodies were discovered Sunday at a home in Ridgeland, north of Jackson.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said troopers located Welch around 7:30 a.m. Monday on a highway near Morenci. The small eastern Arizona town is about 30 miles west of the New Mexico border. The DPS said troopers tried to arrest Welch, but he fired shots at them before being fatally wounded in a shootout. Myers said police were asked to conduct a welfare check Sunday and found three women fatally shot.
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