Browning Recalls Searching For Daughter

RISON - Helen Browning was at work at Belle View Estates Nursing Home in Monticello when she first learned about the mass shooting at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce through text messages from friends and relatives starting a 12:06 p.m.Since her daughter, Callie Weems, was a nurse for a clinic at Dallas County Medical Center (DCMC) in Fordyce, Browning said she used a smart phone app to check the location of her daughter's phone, and sure enough, it indicated she was at DCMC.Even though it was an off day for Weems, Browning said she was assuming that Callie was at the hospital helping with the victims. However, her phone calls and text messages to her daughter were going unanswered. She then resorted to trying to contact her through some social media platforms, but the same response - nothing.Trying to learn about the status of Callie, Browning said she started reaching out to family and friends, many of whom were at DCMC during the frantic scene that followed the shooting. She said none of them had seen her despite trying to find her at the hospital.By this time, the staff at Belle View encouraged her to leave and go to Fordyce to check on her daughter. She said she raced down Hwy. 8 to get to Fordyce, and when she arrived at the emergency room entrance, a close friend was there at the entrance. "Where's my baby?," Browning asked her friend. From her friend's response, she knew it was bad news.Callie, 23, was one of four people who died in the mass shooting at the Fordyce grocery store that also left 11 injured.Browning said one of the worst things about the situation was that she could not go back to see her daughter once she learned that she had died. She said the Arkansas State Police was prohibiting any contact since Callie was now part of the evidence in the crime.Still, Browning demanded that she at least be able to see her daughter. Eventually, she said one of Callie's fellow nurses went told her that she did no...