Four Shot To Death In Lauderdale County

TOOMSUBA  (AP) –  Authorities say a mother, her two adult daughters and a grandson were killed at a home in eastern Mississippi.

Lauderdale County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Ward Calhoun says authorities are questioning people, but have no suspects yet in the shooting deaths. Authorities believe the killings in the Toomsuba community happened sometime Monday night.

Calhoun identified the slain as 65-year-old Edna Durr and her daughters, Tomecca Pickett, 42, and Kiearra Durr, 27. Also killed was Pickett’s 5-year-old son, Owen Pickett. Kierra Durr’s 3-year-old daughter was not shot and survived the attack.

Calhoun says the bodies have been taken to Mississippi’s state crime lab for autopsies. He says investigators continue to search the property for evidence.

The deputy has said there was no sign of forced entry, and authorities don’t think the shootings were part of a murder-suicide. Neighbors called police after they got no answer at the house Tuesday.