Mississippi Family Massacre: Man Murders 6 Relatives Including Father, Son, and 7-Year-Old Girl

A horrific wave of violence swept through rural Mississippi on Friday night as a 24-year-old man embarked on a deadly rampage across three separate locations, leaving six people dead. Authorities have identified the suspect as Derricka Moore, who is now facing multiple counts of first-degree murder. The killings have stunned the local community, as Moore targeted his own father, brother, uncle, and a young cousin before continuing his assault on a local church leader and his sibling. While the motive remains a mystery, the sheer brutality of the crimes has left investigators and surviving family members searching for answers in the wake of an inexplicable tragedy.

The violence began at the first location where Moore allegedly shot his 67-year-old father, his 55-year-old uncle, and his 33-year-old brother. All three victims were discovered by law enforcement with fatal gunshot wounds to the head. Following these initial executions, Moore reportedly stole his brother’s pickup truck and drove to a second residence. There, he broke into the home of his cousin and attempted a sexual assault while armed with a handgun. During the struggle, Moore opened fire in front of several witnesses, killing a 7-year-old girl with a shot to the head. Her mother and three other children were present in the home during the attack, and authorities reported that another child sustained a head injury during the chaos.

The carnage did not end with the attack on his relatives. Moore fled the second scene in the stolen vehicle and arrived at a third address, where police later found the truck hidden behind the house. Inside, officers discovered the bodies of Barry Bradley and Samuel Bradley, both of whom had been executed with shots to the head. One of the men served as a pastor for a church attended by Moore’s family, yet officials still do not know why they were specifically targeted. Moore was eventually apprehended without resistance at a road intersection while driving a second stolen vehicle taken from the final crime scene.

Local law enforcement noted that they had no prior history or criminal files involving Moore or the homes he targeted. The local Sheriff expressed the community's disbelief, recounting his conversations with the suspect's relatives. "I talked with the family last night, and they said they would never have believed he was capable of doing something like this," the Sheriff stated. As Moore remains in custody, the investigation continues into the sequence of events that led a young man to systematically destroy his own family and terrorize a quiet rural area in a war of senseless violence.