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Victim LaToya Thompson, 34, was a receptionist at the Williams Medical Clinic in Potts Camp, Mississippi, where the violence occurred at about 10 a.m. Tuesday, said Marshall County Sheriff Kenny Dickerson, reportsThe Clarion Ledgernewspaper.
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“Witnesses reported seeing Robinson stomping outside the clinic before going inside the clinic,” Dickerson told theNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal. “A .38-caliber hammerless Smith & Wesson pistol was found at the scene of the shooting.”
“We found the shooter dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head,” said the sheriff. “He and his wife were in the process of a divorce. His wife was lying on the floor near his body.”
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Employees at the medical clinic say they raced to the side of their colleague and were able to revive Thompson’s heartbeat.
“I tell people this is the closest thing to Mayberry that I have ever seen,” he said. “I never expected anything like it, and we have a lot of hurt people. We have lost someone who is part of our family, and we will take it day to day.”
Both the victim and the shooter were from Lamar, Mississippi.
Robinson’s sister, Kimberly Robinson, told theClarion Ledger, “He was a good person who enjoyed life. To the public’s eye, him and LaToya did not have any issues.”
source: people.com
