A South Arkansas man accused of the deadly 2024 shooting at a Fordyce grocery store pleaded guilty to the killing of four people.
During a pre-trial hearing held Monday, July 21, 2025, in a Ouachita County courtroom, Travis Posey entered guilty pleas to four counts of capital murder and 11 counts of attempted capital murder.
Armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, the 45-year-old New Edinburg resident entered the Mad Butcher in Fordyce on June 21, 2024, and gunned down shoppers and parking lot bystanders before exchanging gunfire with police. In total, four people lost their lives that day.
Posey has been incarcerated in the Ouachita County Detention Center since his arrest the day of the shooting, which the FBI identified as the deadliest active shooter incident in the U.S. of 2024.
Posey was slated for trial on Aug. 4. In court documents that were signed on July 16, the Dallas County Prosecutor’s Office recommended four life sentences without the possibility of parole for four counts of capital murder, as well as a grand sum of 220 years in prison for 11 counts of attempted capital murder. Sentencing is set for Aug. 4, the date Posey was scheduled for trial.
A motive for the killings has not been released.