Tiny Missouri Town Is Reeling After Gunman Kills Seven Neighbors

TYRONE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a man who may have been unhinged by the death of his ailing mother went on a house-to-house shooting rampage in a small town in the Missouri Ozarks, killing seven people before 

TYRONE, Mo. (KMOX) – UPDATED (4:28 P.M.) – Authorities say a man who may have been unhinged by the death of his ailing mother went on a house-to-house shooting rampage in a small town in the Missouri Ozarks, 

She ran to a neighbor's house and called police, say investigators in Tyrone, Missouri. Authorities then found a trail of death that was so staggering, a state trooper lost count at a news conference. Seven people, all gunshot victims, were found dead

Joseph Jesse Aldridge, 36, carried out the killings with a .45-caliber handgun Thursday night or early Friday at four homes in Tyrone, the no-stoplight town where he lived about 40 miles north of the Arkansas line, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has confirmed that nine people are dead in the community of Tyrone in Texas County. A news conference has been rescheduled to 9:00 a.m. KOLR10 News will carry the news conference live and you can watch it live on