Six people are shot dead in a series of shootings in rural Mississippi

Six people have been shot dead in rural Mississippi after a gunman went on a shooting spree.

Authorities in Tate County have arrested a man in connection with the incidents after spotting him inside a vehicle on Arkabutla Dam Road where the shootings took place.

One man was shot and killed inside a store on the road, while a woman was found dead at her home with her husband also injured in the incident.

Tate County Sheriff Deputies then found two more people dead inside a home and two others outside.

This is a developing story.