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Friday, February 17, 2023

ARKABUTLA, MISSISSIPPI WITHIN HOURS OF THE SHOOTING ON FEBRUARY 17

by Tricia Knoll


Law enforcement personnel work at the scene of a shooting, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, in Arkabutla, Miss. Six people were fatally shot Friday in the small town in rural Mississippi near the Tennessee state line, and authorities said they had taken a suspect into custody. —CNN, February 17, 2023


Small town. 300 people.

Unincorporated. 

Six dead in a shooting

around noon. 

Not many details now.

Man with gun 

pulls into driveways.

Shoots six dead.  

Sheriff: we have arrested

the guy who did it. 

No known motive. 

 

On February 24-25

youth age 10 – 15

are invited to join

a night time guided

raccoon hunt 

over uneven 

terrain which will

observe all age-appropriate

hunting regulations. 

Must be accompanied

by an adult. 



Tricia Knoll is a Vermont poet who understands no town is too small to endure gun violence. Her own hometown experienced a mass shooting within the last six months. She recently learned it may require shooting six squirrels to make a meal.