Tennessee man kills 6 in shooting rampage: police

19 July 2009 - 16H41

Authorities in the southern US state of Tennessee late Saturday arrested a man they believe fatally shot six people, including his estranged wife, in a murderous rampage that spanned two states.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), with the help of local law enforcement, arrested Jacob Shaffer, 30, and charged him with five counts of criminal homicide in the town of Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Police said two juveniles were among those killed in the shooting spree, which was carried out in two private homes in Tennessee and a business in nearby Huntsville, Alabama, where officials were to charge him with one additional homicide.

Shaffer was arrested at one of the residences, and was being held Sunday at a Tennessee jail, the TBI said.