What Happened to Shane Basquill and Mary Anne Oberlies at Gulfport AT&T Store Shooting?

 The Gulfport, Mississippi, community is mourning the reported deaths of Shane Basquill, 31, and Mary Anne Oberlies, 78, after a shooting Monday, September 7, at an AT&T store inside Crossroads Mall. The incident unfolded during the late morning, turning a place of everyday business into the scene of a deadly attack. Basquill was the store manager, while Oberlies was reportedly a customer. Their deaths have left employees, customers, families, and community members grieving.

According to authorities, 71-year-old Samuel Jerome Andrews entered the store at approximately 11:14 a.m. carrying a shotgun. Authorities said he had reportedly become upset over a bill before entering the business. The information provided does not give further details about the dispute or explain what happened immediately before Andrews arrived at the store. What followed, however, resulted in the deaths of two people inside the Gulfport shopping location.

As the situation developed, Basquill reportedly attempted to close the store door in an effort to protect people inside the business. Authorities said Andrews allegedly fired through the door before entering the store. Basquill, who was working as the store manager, was killed in the shooting. The account describes his reported attempt to close the door as part of the events immediately surrounding the gunfire.

Oberlies was reportedly at the store as a customer when the shooting occurred. She also suffered fatal injuries, adding another life to the tragedy that unfolded inside the mall. The available information does not provide details about what brought Oberlies to the store that morning or whether she had any connection to Basquill beyond being at the same business. Her death has become part of the wider grief affecting those connected to the location.

The shooting has raised painful questions about how a reported dispute over a bill escalated into deadly violence. The information available identifies the alleged presence of a shotgun and describes the sequence involving the door, gunfire, and entry into the store. It does not provide additional details about the dispute itself, any other interactions inside the business, or the full sequence of events leading to the shooting. Those details remain for authorities to establish.

Andrews was later arrested without incident, according to authorities. He is being held on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of shooting into a crowd. These charges reflect the allegations reported by authorities, while the investigation remains ongoing. The information provided does not include additional details about court proceedings or other legal developments following the arrest.

For Gulfport, the impact extends beyond the immediate location of the shooting. Employees and customers connected to the AT&T store are among those affected, while the families and friends of Basquill and Oberlies face the loss of two people whose lives ended during the incident. The community is now left to mourn while authorities continue working to establish the full circumstances surrounding what happened inside Crossroads Mall. Their names now stand at the center of a community mourning the violence and the lives it took that Monday morning, even as investigators continue gathering facts. Important questions remain unanswered for investigators still today locally.

The known account leaves a clear but incomplete timeline: Andrews reportedly entered the store around 11:14 a.m. with a shotgun after becoming upset over a bill; Basquill reportedly tried to close the door to protect people inside; authorities said Andrews allegedly fired through it and entered; and both Basquill and Oberlies suffered fatal injuries. Andrews was later arrested without incident. As the investigation continues, Gulfport is left grieving two lives lost in a shooting that began with a reported dispute and ended with lasting consequences.