2015 Tyrone, Missouri, shootings

Spree shooting in Missouri, U.S. December 2025 February 2023 2015 Tyrone, Missouri, shootings Tyrone, Missouri, U.S. 2015 02 26 Mass shooting, mass murder, murder-suicide, spree shooting 8 (including the perpetrator) 1 Joseph Jesse Aldridgehttp://www.houstonherald.com/news/sheriff-nine-killed-in-tyrone-murders-shooter-is-dead/article_b59bf6b8-be73-11e4-9f6a-c79579d79c5b.html Eight killed, including suspect, in apparent murder-suicide Houston Herald February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 * .45 caliber Rock Island Armory 1911 handgun .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle (unused) .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol (unused)Missouri State Highway Patrol Patrol News https://apps.mshp.dps.mo.gov/MSHPWeb/Root/documents/NovDecPN2015.pdf 50 November/December 2015 Missouri State Highway Patrol December 2015 October 7, 2026 PDF 4–5 On February 26, 2015, a gunman shot and killed seven people in several locations across the town of Tyrone, an unincorporated community approximately 95 miles east of Springfield, Missouri, United States. The gunman, identified as 36-year-old Joseph Jesse Aldridge, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound the next day. It was the worst mass murder in the history of Texas County, which previously had experienced an average of one homicide per year. Shootings Police were alerted to the shootings at 10:15 p.m. CT Thursday, when a 15-year-old girl ran to a neighbor's home to say she heard gunshots in her home and fled. Deputies responded and found her parents, Garold and Julie Aldridge, dead inside the home. A 1/4 mile away, officers found Garold's brother Harold and his wife Janell shot to death inside their bedroom. As a result, police began checking all of the houses in Tyrone, urging citizens to stay inside their residences and lock their doors. Less than three miles away, Darrell and Martha Shriver were both shot in their home. While Darrell died from his wounds, Martha survived and managed to identify the suspect as Joseph Jesse Aldridge as she was being taken to a hospital in Springfield. She also had a relative check on the well-being of her son Carey and his family. The relative found Carey and his wife Valirea dead on the floor of their bedroom, and their son sleeping unharmed in another bedroom.https://news.yahoo.com/missouri-murder-spree-shatters-communitys-comfort-zone-015615431.html Missouri murder spree shatters tiny community's comfort zone Yahoo! News February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/nine-dead-including-gunman-after-missouri-shooting-spree-police-n314071 Nine Found Dead, Including Gunman, After Missouri Shooting Spree: Police NBC News February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/suspect-may-have-gone-on-missouri-killing-spree-after-finding/article_ce9f62ae-77fb-5bc8-8acf-7528549a174b.html Family members of shooter among 7 slain by Missouri gunman who then killed himself St. Louis Post-Dispatch February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015https://news.yahoo.com/tiny-missouri-town-mourns-gunman-kills-7-then-063428420.html Tiny Missouri town mourns after gunman kills 7, then himself Yahoo! News February 28, 2015 February 28, 2015 The entire shooting spree occurred within a three-mile radius of Tyrone.http://www.ky3.com/news/local/possible-deaths-investigation-in-texas-county/21048998_31516904 Officers release 4 names, out of 7 murder victims, plus shooter's name KY3 February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150301195040/http://www.ky3.com/news/local/possible-deaths-investigation-in-texas-county/21048998_31516904 March 1, 2015 dead mdy-all All of the crime scenes showed no signs of forced entry into the homes.http://www.thv11.com/story/news/crime/2015/03/04/why-unsolved-piece-to-mo-mass-murders/24376035/ Why? Unsolved piece to Mo. mass murders THV11 March 4, 2015 August 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150805224003/http://www.thv11.com/story/news/crime/2015/03/04/why-unsolved-piece-to-mo-mass-murders/24376035/ August 5, 2015 dead An elderly woman connected to the shootings died from natural causes.http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/27/at-least-reported-dead-at-multiple-scenes-in-missouri https://web.archive.org/web/20150227214826/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/27/at-least-reported-dead-at-multiple-scenes-in-missouri/ dead February 27, 2015 8 dead, including gunman, at multiple scenes in Missouri, police say FOX News February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 Authorities believe the gunman started the shooting spree after finding his mother, the aforementioned elderly woman, dead on a couch from an illness for which she had been under a doctor's care,http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2015/02/gunman_kills_seven_himself_in_shooting_spree_in_tyrone_missouri_police.php Gunman Kills Seven, Himself in Shooting Spree in Tyrone, Missouri: Police [UPDATE] Riverfront Times February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150227200507/http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2015/02/gunman_kills_seven_himself_in_shooting_spree_in_tyrone_missouri_police.php February 27, 2015 dead though this was unconfirmed.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/us/gunman-kills-7-people-in-tyrone-missouri.html Tiny Missouri Town Is Reeling After Gunman Kills Seven Neighbors The New York Times February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 The disease was clarified in an autopsy to be metastatic lung cancer,https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-missouri-murders-idUSKBN0LW0RI20150228 Investigators search for what triggered Missouri rampage Reuters February 28, 2015 February 28, 2015 although according to the woman's brother, it was breast cancer.http://www.kspr.com/news/local/tyrone-shooting-domestic-violence-takes-its-toll-on-a-small-town/21051620_31539140 TYRONE SHOOTING: Domestic violence takes its toll on a small town KSPR News February 28, 2015 February 28, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150303141237/http://www.kspr.com/news/local/tyrone-shooting-domestic-violence-takes-its-toll-on-a-small-town/21051620_31539140 March 3, 2015 dead mdy-all A relative feared the woman did not die from the disease, and had instead been smothered to death by Aldridge.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mo-rampage-feuled-family-feud-article-1.2132795 Missouri killing spree may have been sparked by family feud: reports New York Daily News February 28, 2015 April 13, 2015 The woman was identified as 74-year-old Alice L. Aldridge.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/9-dead-multiple-missouri-crime-scenes-deputies-article-1.2131425 Missouri gunman kills 7, including cousins, in 4-home shooting spree likely after finding mom dead: coroner New York Daily News February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 At around 5:30 a.m. on February 27, the gunman was found dead inside a pickup truck situated in the middle of a two-lane highway.http://wjcl.com/2015/02/28/tiny-missouri-town-mourns-after-gunman-kills-7-then-himself/ Tiny Missouri town mourns after gunman kills 7, then himself WJCL News February 28, 2015 February 28, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102151/http://wjcl.com/2015/02/28/tiny-missouri-town-mourns-after-gunman-kills-7-then-himself/ April 2, 2015 dead mdy-allhttps://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2015/02/28/motive-still-mystery-tyrone-mass-shooting/24202619/ Motive still a mystery in Tyrone mass shooting Springfield News-Leader March 1, 2015 March 1, 2015 He was southeast of Summersville in neighboring Shannon County, located about fifteen or twenty miles away from the scenes of the shootings. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound earlier that day.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31646977 Eight dead in series of shootings in Missouri BBC News February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 A Rock Island Armory 1911 .45-caliber handgun, believed to be the same one used in the shootings, was recovered from the truck along with a stash of ammunition. The shootings were the worst mass murder in the history of Texas County, Missouri, which had an average of one homicide per year.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-missouri-shooting-20150227-story.html 8 shot to death, including gunman, in house-to-house Missouri rampage Chicago Tribune February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 Perpetrator and victims Perpetrator Joseph Jesse Aldridge (May 23, 1978Joseph Jesse Aldridge - Ancestry® https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/joseph-jesse-aldridge-24-12lnddg 2026-01-10 www.ancestry.com en-US – February 27, 2015) was identified as the gunman in the shootings. He was a cousin of the named male victims. On June 15, 2007, Aldridge was arrested in Howell County for felony marijuana possession, during which he was found to have a Ruger 22/45 .22-caliber pistol in his possession. On May 2, 2008, he was sentenced to 21 months in a federal prison for owning the pistol. He was released three years later, though a judge added six months of his arrest to his sentence in 2011 at the request of Aldridge's probation officer. He was also ordered to undergo mental health and substance abuse counseling. Aldridge was known to local law enforcement, although his criminal history was described as minor. His record at the time of the shooting barred him from owning guns.http://www.kspr.com/news/local/update-texas-county-shooter-killed-four-family-members-three-others-in-killing-spree/21051620_31524820 Shocked uncle talks about nephew accused of killing 7 near Tyrone KSPR News February 27, 2015 February 28, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150302031950/http://www.kspr.com/news/local/update-texas-county-shooter-killed-four-family-members-three-others-in-killing-spree/21051620_31524820 March 2, 2015 dead mdy-allhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/god-guns-and-the-mass-shooting-in-tyrone-missouri/ God, Guns, and the Mass Shooting in Tyrone, Missouri Vice News March 10, 2015 April 13, 2015 Aldridge was described as a recluse by relatives. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that he was involved in a feud with a cousin, who was one of the victims in the shootings, and that Aldridge and several other members of his extended family were having tense relations between one another following a fistfight involving Aldridge's brother. According to a relative of the Shriver family and other residents of Tyrone, Aldridge had asked Darrell Shriver, one of the slain victims and a neighbor of his, for a job at a cabinet store he owned prior to the shootings, but was turned down. He had also reportedly threatened to kill other residents. Victims All of the victims in the shooting were adults. In the hours after the shootings, four of the seven casualties were identified by police, while the others were identified by relatives and friends before being confirmed by police. They are:http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/d/story/gunman-victims-named-in-texas-co-mass-murder/34132/h96_l85XC0aRYAul-BE5hQ UPDATE: Gunman, Victims Named in Texas Co. Mass Murder Ozarks First February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150301185827/http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/d/story/gunman-victims-named-in-texas-co-mass-murder/34132/h96_l85XC0aRYAul-BE5hQ March 1, 2015 dead mdy-allhttp://www.kmbc.com/news/authorities-id-remaining-3-shooting-victims-from-tyrone/31542786 Authorities ID remaining 3 shooting victims from Tyrone KMBC-TV February 28, 2015 February 28, 2015 NameAgeRelationshipGarold Dee Aldridge 52 Joseph Aldridge's cousinJulie Ann Aldridge 47 Garold Aldridge's wifeHarold Wayne Aldridge 50 Garold Aldridge's brotherJoseph Aldridge's cousinJanell Arlisa Aldridge 48 Harold Aldridge's wifeDarrell Dean Shriver 68 Joseph Aldridge's neighborMartha Shriver 67 Darrell Shriver's wifeSurvived her gunshot woundsCarey Dean Shriver 46 Darrell and Martha Shriver's sonJoseph Aldridge's neighborValirea Love Shriver 44 Carey Shriver's wife Martha Shriver, the sole survivor, had been shot three times, first in the hand and arm, and then in the back while trying to escape, which caused her to permanently lose usage of her left leg.2015-09-16 Martha Shriver - named one of state's 'top-10 grandmothers' - shares account of Tyrone shootings https://houstonherald.com/2015/09/martha-shriver-named-one-of-states-top-10-grandmothers-shares-account-of-tyrone-shootings/ https://archive.today/20250531174447/https://houstonherald.com/2015/09/martha-shriver-named-one-of-states-top-10-grandmothers-shares-account-of-tyrone-shootings/ May 31, 2025 2025-05-31 Houston Herald en-US Reactions Missouri Governor Jay Nixon made a statement on the shootings, saying, "This is a horrific tragedy, and our hearts go out to the victims of these senseless acts and their families." He added that crisis counseling will be made available to Tyrone citizens.https://news.yahoo.com/police-7-fatally-shot-gunman-dead-southeastern-missouri-143136585.html Police: 7 fatally shot, gunman dead in southeastern Missouri Yahoo! News February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 Houston Mayor Don Tottingham also said, "This is a terrible tragedy in a community that's real close-knit. This is a great town, and this is why it's such a tragedy because it shows you're vulnerable to things." References Category:2015 mass shootings in the United States Category:2015 murders in the United States Category:2015 in Missouri Category:Spree shootings in the United States Category:Deaths by firearm in Missouri Category:Crimes in Missouri Category:Mass shootings in Missouri Category:Texas County, Missouri Category:Attacks in the United States in 2015 Category:February 2015 crimes in the United States