SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A man fired randomly from his vehicle several times while driving through a southwest Missouri city before eventually crashing into a convenience store, where he walked inside, opened fire and left five people dead, including a police officer and himself, police said Monday.
The dead from Sunday night’s shooting include a store employee and two men who were in the store, police said. A second officer was injured, along with another person.
The gunman’s motives remain unclear, Springfield police Chief Paul Williams said at a news conference, where his voice broke as he described his officers’ actions.
Williams said police received reports of “multiple shooting calls throughout the city” late Sunday starting in the south and moving north through the city’s east side.
“In essence we had a roving active shooter moving from the south side of the city up,” Williams said.