Ellen Shrum, 81, was shot on the morning of June 21, 2024, in the Mad Butcher supermarket parking lot in Fordyce, Arkansas. She had been loading groceries after shopping for ingredients to prepare a meal for a neighbor with cancer when the shooter opened fire. Shrum was critically wounded in the initial barrage and died the next day, the fourth person to be killed in the attack.

The shooter, identified as 44-year-old Travis Eugene Posey of New Edinburg, began firing in the parking lot and continued inside the store around 11:38 a.m., using a 12-gauge shotgun and a pistol. Four people were killed and eleven civilians plus two police officers were wounded. Posey was taken into custody at the scene after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries before being booked; he has been charged with four counts of capital murder and faces additional charges.

Authorities have not released a motive and say Posey did not appear to have a personal connection to the victims. If anyone knew Ellen Shrum or was in the Mad Butcher parking lot that morning, please share information that might help investigators.