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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 31 May 2017

Mississippi Sheriff:
Shooting suspect dodged officers by swapping cars

sponding to a call can take ing to capture Godbolt but
some time, he said. tracking him was difficult
Witnesses say Godbolt had because he changed ve-
gone to a Bogue Chitto hicles three or four times.
home to demand that “You didn’t know where he
his estranged wife give was going from there be-
up their two children and cause he was leaving so
seemed like he was going quick,” he said.
to comply when the dep- At least seven hours
uty asked him to leave but elapsed between the first
then opened fire. shootings and Godbolt’s
Durr was killed, as were arrest near the final crime
three others at that house. scene, in a subdivision of
Authorities said Godbolt, ranch houses.
Katrina Ebbers, whose husband is a Lincoln County Sheriff’s
deputy, cries as she sits near the makeshift memorial for slain 35, fled and killed four Investigators said Godbolt
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy William Durr at the Lin- more people at two oth- will be charged with one
coln County-Brookhaven Government Complex in Brookhaven, er homes. Aside from the count of capital murder
Miss., Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Durr was among the eight people deputy, they were all rela- and seven counts of first-
gunned down during a county wide killing spree that began tives or acquaintances of degree murder. Mississippi
Saturday night. the man accused of the Bureau of Investigation
(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) shooting. spokesman Warren Strain
Rushing said two other sher- said the charges could
By JOSH REPLOGLE a person involved in a do- iff’s departments and the change as the investiga-
JEFF AMY mestic dispute at a home
Associated Press seemed run-of-the-mill highway patrol were help- tion continues.q
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) when it came in about
— A man accused of killing 11:30 Saturday night, the
eight people at three hous- sheriff said. His department
es in Mississippi swapped had dealt with Godbolt
cars several times as he before — arresting him for
fled the crimes, eluding of- disturbing the peace and
ficers tracking him across simple assault.
the rural county, a sheriff “We’ve handled calls like
said Tuesday. that a thousand times,”
Lincoln County Sheriff he said. “At some point, it
Steve Rushing said his small went really bad.”
department got help try- Deputy William Durr was
ing to capture Willie Corey the first to respond, with a
Godbolt but had no way second officer following a
to know where he would few minutes behind, ac-
show up next. cording to Rushing. The
“We have no magic ball to department of about 20
see which way he’s going,” full-time officers covers a
Rushing said. county that’s more than
The initial call to remove 500 square miles, so re-

AP: Jury selection on hold in

Ohio police shooting retrial

By DAN SEWELL, Associated some guidance,” Ghiz said
Press of the potential jurors, refer-
CINCINNATI (AP) — A judge ring to a ruling by a state
on Tuesday postponed jury appeals court that blocked
selection and withdrew her her order on coverage and
order restricting news me- access.
dia coverage of the mur- She later vacated her or-
der retrial of a white police der and scheduled an evi-
officer who fatally shot an dentiary hearing Thursday.
unarmed black motorist in News organizations includ-
Cincinnati. ing The Associated Press
Hamilton County Common last week made a legal
Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz said challenge to her plan to re-
in court that she had re- strict access to the trial. The
leased potential jurors. De- media organizations’ attor-
fendant Ray Tensing and neys contended the judge
relatives of the slain Sam had to show compelling
DuBose were among those reasons for sharply limiting
in the courtroom. the number of reporters
“They are essentially in a and the use of electronic
holding pattern until I get devices.q