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Sheriff Releases Names of 3 Rural Missouri Shooting Victims

The three victims were in the same family, authorities said

A southern Missouri sheriff has identified the final three victims in a shooting rampage that left seven people dead before the gunman killed himself.

Texas County Sheriff James Sigman announced Saturday that 68-year-old Darrell Dean Shriver; his son, 46-year-old Carey Dean Shriver; and Carey's wife, 44-year-old Valirea Love Shriver, died in the violence that began late Thursday night in the unincorporated town of Tyrone. The name of a 67-year-old woman who was injured was not released.

Authorities say the three victims identified Saturday and four others were killed by 36-year-old Joseph Jesse Aldridge in four different homes. The four other victims were Aldridge's cousins and their spouses.

Authorities believe Aldridge may have become unhinged by the death of his ailing mother when he killed the seven people and then took his own life. Aldridge was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in nearby Shannon County.

Aldridge lived with his mother in Tyrone, a community of about 50 people.

Authorities are still investigating a possible motive.

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