The man suspected of setting fire to a Mississippi synagogue told law enforcement officers he targeted it because of its "Jewish ties," the FBI said in court documents filed Monday.

The fire ripped through the historic Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson early Saturday, authorities said.

Stephen Pittman was charged with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive.

A mass shooting in Mississippi near the Alabama border left six people killed at three separate locations overnight, with at least one child among the victims.

One person was in custody after six people were shot and killed in northeastern Mississippi, local authorities said.

Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott said in a Facebook post that “multiple innocent lives" were lost "due to violence” in the town of West Point, near the Alabama border.