US mass shootings, Jan. 10 -- At least six people were fatally shot on Friday night in Clay County, Mississippi by a single gunman in incidents that sprawled across three different crime scenes, as per reports.

According to a Facebook post by Eddie Scott, the Clay County sheriff, the suspect is in custody "and no longer poses a threat" to the community.

Although the Sheriff's post did not provide a specific figure for the number of fatalities, but WTVA, an NBC News affiliate said six people died.

- 'Multiple innocent lives lost' - Sheriff Scott said on Facebook that "multiple innocent lives" were lost "due to violence" in the town of West Point, near the Alabama border.

- 1 gunman, 6 people, 3 locations - The shootings were carried ou...