Five people are dead after a man went on a shooting rampage at a hotel before carjacking and assaulting another victim then barricading himself into a convenience store.
Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer has identified the suspect in the incident, which happened in Biloxi, Mississippi, as 32-year-old Jeremy Alesunder Reynolds.
Reynolds was believed to have killed three people at the Broadway Inn on Walmart Lane Wednesday morning, before assaulting another victim when he stole his car.
According to Gulfport Police, the shooting happened around 9am on Wednesday.
A witness at the hotel described chaotic scenes with people fleeing the area, WLOX reports.
Gunshots could be heard, he said, and he tried to help two of the victims; one of which was the owner of the hotel, and another an employee.
The pair died in spite of his efforts, along with a guest at the hotel.
A woman said to be the daughter of the hotel employee said the violence started with an argument about money, which had escalated.
The victims at the hotel were identified as Mohammad Moeini, the 51-year-old owner of the hotel; Laura Lehman, 61, an employee and resident of the hotel; and 55-year-old Chad Green, who also lived and worked at the motel.
Police said Reynolds left the hotel after the shooting spree before carjacking and assaulting a fourth victim, 52-year-old Willaim Waltman, in Gulfport, near Rio Grande Street
The public works staffer, who was contracted by the City of Gulfport, rushed to the hospital after he was shot, but died later in surgery.
Gulfport Police said Reynolds next barricaded himself inside the Canal Grocery convenience store, near Canal and 28th Street.
Reynolds was found dead inside the building after officers tear-gassed the building following a four-hour standoff.
Police haven't said how he died.
