Mississippi gunmaker, wife shot dead by relative in murder-suicide over land dispute: cops ^46.7%

New York Post - By Chris Bradford - 5/11/2026, 9:28 AM

Appeal to Authority 43.2% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 23.5% - Negativity Bias 23%

A Mississippi gunmaker and his wife were shot dead by a relative over a land dispute before he barricaded himself in a bathroom and took his own life, authorities revealed. Walter Earnest Birdsong Jr., 62, and his wife, Amanda Lynn Birdsong, 43, were killed by Kurt Birdsong inside their Florence home on Friday afternoon, cops told WLBT.... more