2024 Fordyce shooting
| 2024 Fordyce shooting | |
|---|---|
CCTV still of Posey shooting inside the store | |
| Location | 33°48′48″N 92°25′20″W / 33.813420°N 92.422147°W Fordyce, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Date | June 21, 2024 11:38 a.m. (CDT; UTC−05:00) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, shootout, mass murder |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 11 (including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | Travis Eugene “Joey” Posey |
| Motive | Undetermined |
| Verdict | Guilty |
| Convictions | Capital murder (x4) Attempted murder (x11) |
On June 21, 2024, four people were killed and 10 others injured in a mass shooting at the Mad Butcher supermarket in Fordyce, Arkansas, United States. The perpetrator, 44-year-old Travis Eugene Posey of neighboring New Edinburg, was injured during a shootout with police before being taken into custody. On August 4, 2025, Posey was sentenced to four life sentences plus 220 years without parole. The incident had the highest number of casualties of any active shooter incident that year in the United States.