--- description: A 12-year-old girl was killed and two young boys were left in critical condition after a shooter opened fire at home and a business title: Jonesboro, Arkansas Shooting: 4 Dead, 4 Injured image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef13c2bc4547291d/69868dca3bc99988111a34a2/ap962385044718.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gunman Among Four Dead in Jonesboro, Arkansas Shooting  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2014 7:21 PM CUT  Drug Task Force Detective Josh Talbott, left, and Jonesboro Police Department Patrolman First Class Duane Busby run across a field adjacent to Moore Road while responding to a May 3, 2014 shooting in Jonesboro, Ark. Drug Task Force Detective Josh Talbott, left, and Jonesboro Police Department Patrolman First Class Duane Busby run across a field adjacent to Moore Road while responding to a May 3, 2014 shooting in Jonesboro, Ark.Sarah Morris—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2014 7:21 PM CUT A mass shooting left four dead and four others injured on Saturday after a gunman [opened fire](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-gunman-knew-arkansas-shooting-victims-23582366 "undefined") at a home and a business in Jonesboro, Ark., before later dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police identified 40-year-old [Porfirio Hernandez](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-gunman-knew-arkansas-shooting-victims-23582366 "undefined") as the shooter, and said he had been recently released from a mental health treatment facility. Hernandez first killed a 31-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl and injured several others at home where a family gathering or party was taking place, [the Associated Press reports](http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/gunman-3-others-killed-arkansas-shootings "undefined"). He then moved on to a nearby business, where he shot another 31-year-old man to death. Authorities say they Hernandez knew his victims, though a motive is unclear. It also wasn’t clear how he had obtained a weapon, as a former mental health patient. The injured included a 10-year-old boy and a 8-year-old boy, who were in critical condition at a local children’s hospital on Saturday, the Arkansas _Democrat-Gazette_ [reports](http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/may/03/4-dead-4-injured-jonesboro-shootings/?news-arkansas "undefined"). Hernandez was found dead in his vehicle later on Saturday, police said. \[[_AP_](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-gunman-knew-arkansas-shooting-victims-23582366 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/87225/jonesboro-arkansas-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/87225/jonesboro-arkansas-shooting/"},"headline":"Gunman Among Four Dead in Jonesboro, Arkansas Shooting","datePublished":"2014-05-04T19:21:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:38:46.410Z","description":"Authorities say a weekend shooting in Jonesboro left four dead and four others injured after a gunman, later identified as a man newly released from a mental health treatment facility, opened fire at a home and business before later dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound","url":"https://time.com/87225/jonesboro-arkansas-shooting/","keywords":["Crime","Gun Violence","Guns","shootings"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef13c2bc4547291d/69868dca3bc99988111a34a2/ap962385044718.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef13c2bc4547291d/69868dca3bc99988111a34a2/ap962385044718.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Arkansas Shooting","caption":"Arkansas Shooting","creditText":"Sarah Morris—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/87225/jonesboro-arkansas-shooting/","name":"Gunman Among Four Dead in Jonesboro, Arkansas Shooting"}}]}] ```