<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities have charged a 24-year-old man with murder after six people — including a child — were killed in a series of shootings in northeast Mississippi.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott said the victims — four family members related to the suspect and two other adults — were shot at three separate locations late Friday (Saturday AEDT).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The youngest victim was a cousin of the suspect.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/live-updates-victorian-bushfires-and-cyclone-koji-forms/785b1734-98e7-42a4-a460-d2e2a0da2441" rel="" target="_blank" title="Statewide total fire ban in Victoria"><strong><span>Statewide total fire ban in Victoria</span></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/live-updates-victoria-fires-heatwaves-nsw-evacuations-warnings-queensland-cyclone-australia-news/83f99d75-21ac-420c-b716-4b02168bebd9" rel="" target="" title="Great Ocean Road at risk as authorities fear fires could burn for weeks"><strong><span></span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“I don’t know what kind of motive you could have to kill a 7-year-old,” Scott said at a press conference.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The suspect was identified as Daricka M. 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He faces a first-degree murder charge that could be upgraded to capital murder, Scott said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Moore may face additional murder charges as the investigation proceeds.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/six-killed-in-mississippi-suspect-charged-with-murder/5a50e5d9-487a-4462-ae4a-2e48bd48fc1b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The shootings took place in the rural community of Cedarbluff, west of the county seat of West Point.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This guy (the suspect) wasn’t our radar,” Scott said. “This is family members that he went after.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/philippines-news-rescuers-detect-signs-of-life-in-garbage-avalanche-that-killed-four-and-left-dozens-missing/5e2fa12c-08b9-4019-bc01-c5151e75a919" rel="" target="_blank" title="Filipino rescuers detect 'signs of life' in garbage avalanche"><strong><span>Filipino rescuers detect 'signs of life' in garbage avalanche</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Online court records in Clay County show Moore has no previous criminal charges.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“A situation like this, you’ve got a family member attacking their own family,” Scott said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“Whatever the reason is, we’re hoping that we’ll find out.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Scott said investigators believe Moore placed a gun to the head of a younger child at the home where the seven-year-old died. Investigators aren’t sure whether the gun misfired.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A third young child and their mother was present in that house as well.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The seven-year-old victim was Moore’s second cousin, Scott said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigators hope to have more information and upgraded charges by the time Moore appears before a judge.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An initial appearance is scheduled for Monday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Scott said no other injuries have been reported beyond the six deaths.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Scott said evidence and witnesses indicate Moore was the only shooter.</span><br/><br/><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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