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Three people were heading back to a Robinsonville, Miss. casino hotel over the weekend when their car was sprayed by bullets<\/a>. It then struck a pole before bursting into flames.<\/p>\n

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The Mississippi Crime Laboratory, home to the state medical examiner’s office, will autopsy three bodies of victims who were killed near a Robinsonville casino. (Image: WLBT<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All occupants of the car were killed. The passengers were identified as Tednequa Tenice Moore, 25, Deshun Montarrio Isabell, 24, and Steven Dewayne Burts, 23. The Tunica County Sheriff\u2019s Department is investigating the incident as a multiple homicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moore\u2019s father, Teddy Moore, told Tennessee<\/a> TV station WHBQ<\/em> that the trio had gone to get dinner at a sandwich shop and were returning to an unnamed casino hotel at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n

I just don\u2019t understand. If you had a suspect that you wanted to take care of, why would you kill everybody,\u201d Teddy Moore said. “She was in the car, and they just opened fire on the car. They didn\u2019t give a [expletive] who got hit, which they didn\u2019t, because three people died.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The incident occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Friday on Casino Center Drive.<\/p>\n

Each of the victims is scheduled to undergo an autopsy<\/a> at the Mississippi<\/a> Crime Laboratory to determine the cause and manner of death.<\/p>\n

Local authorities didn\u2019t name suspects in the case, though a relative of one of the victims revealed that someone had a grievance against a man in the car.<\/p>\n

Boyfriend Was Possible Target<\/h2>\n

Two weeks ago, Teddy Moore heard rumors about his daughter\u2019s boyfriend having a dispute with someone, WHBQ<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cWord on the street was, they were saying that him and them guys had been feuding for a while, and a few weeks ago, they shot up the place where he stayed at over there, and I guess they eventually caught up with him,\u201d Moore revealed.<\/p>\n

Moore said he also warned his daughter that someone was possibly trying to kill her boyfriend and that she should get away from him for her safety.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t listen to the warning, and the trio was apparently being followed before the shooting took place.<\/p>\n

I believe they was following them, yea,\u201d<\/strong> Moore said. \u201cIt ain\u2019t no coincidence to be riding around with automatic guns and you just see the person you\u2019re looking for.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was unclear how long the trio had been at the casino hotel before they were killed.<\/p>\n

Robinsonville is about 30 miles south of Memphis, Tenn., and several casinos are in the area.<\/p>\n

The Mississippi Highway Patrol Crime Scene Unit Investigator from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and the Mississippi Highway Patrol Reconstruction Team is handling the investigation into the murder and crash. The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Tunica County Sheriff\u2019s Department are also involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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