Nurse Fatally Shot While Trying to Help Victim in Arkansas Shooting

Callie Weems stopping to render aid was described by the director of the Arkansas State Police as ‘one of the most selfless acts I’ve ever seen.’
Nurse Fatally Shot While Trying to Help Victim in Arkansas Shooting
Emergency vehicles at the scene of a shooting incident in Fordyce, Ark., on June 21, 2024. South Arkansas Reckoning/Suzy Parker/Reuters
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A 23-year-old nurse was shot and killed while treating another victim during the mass shooting at an Arkansas grocery store on June 21, police reported on Sunday. She was the mother of a 10-month-old girl.

“Instead of fleeing the store, she stopped to render aid in one of the most selfless acts I’ve ever seen,” Col. Mike Hagar, director of the Arkansas State Police, said of the nurse, Callie Weems.