A gunman walked into a Kentucky supermarket on Wednesday and shot a man lifeless then left the shop and killed a girl within the car parking zone, police mentioned.
An armed bystander exchanged gunfire with the suspect within the lot of the Jeffersontown store before the shooter fled in a automobile. He used to be taken into custody soon afterwards, Jeffersontown Police Chief Sam Rogers mentioned at a news briefing outside the shop. There had been no further accidents, he mentioned.
The sufferers appeared to were random and police did not offer a cause for the shooting that took place round 2:30 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) at a Kroger Co supermarket about 15 miles (24 km) from downtown Louisville, Rogers mentioned. "It does appear she was a random victim out in the parking lot," mentioned Rogers. Asked if the male victim within the store used to be additionally killed at random, Rogers mentioned. "It does appear to be possibly the case."
The names of the suspect and sufferers have no longer been launched.
Steve Zinninger advised Wave3 News that his father used to be ready outside the supermarket whilst his mother shopped inside when he heard shooting and noticed panicked people working from the shop.
Zinninger mentioned the shooter casually walked in opposition to his father within the car parking zone and his father drew his gun and faced the person from behind his automobile.
"He (the armed guy) mentioned, ‘please don’t shoot and I gained’t shoot you,’ whites don’t kill whites,” Zinninger advised Wave3 News.
Wave3 News reported that the female victim used to be black.
It used to be no longer transparent whether Zinninger's father used to be the armed bystander who Rogers mentioned exchanged gunfire with the suspect.
Video taken by way of a shop owner showed the suspect wandering across the car parking zone as bystanders shouted his location to police. The guy then sped off, chased by way of a police officer on foot.
"Thanks to the quick response of the local police division, the suspect used to be apprehended and our store is protected," Kroger mentioned in a statement.
Drew Butler mentioned he used to be shopping within the store when he heard more than one pictures. He and a girl barricaded themselves inside a room.
"After the fourth shot, I don’t know if there have been five or fifteen,” Butler advised Wave3 news.
Rogers mentioned each the person and girl had been shot more than one instances.
An armed bystander exchanged gunfire with the suspect within the lot of the Jeffersontown store before the shooter fled in a automobile. He used to be taken into custody soon afterwards, Jeffersontown Police Chief Sam Rogers mentioned at a news briefing outside the shop. There had been no further accidents, he mentioned.
The sufferers appeared to were random and police did not offer a cause for the shooting that took place round 2:30 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) at a Kroger Co supermarket about 15 miles (24 km) from downtown Louisville, Rogers mentioned. "It does appear she was a random victim out in the parking lot," mentioned Rogers. Asked if the male victim within the store used to be additionally killed at random, Rogers mentioned. "It does appear to be possibly the case."
The names of the suspect and sufferers have no longer been launched.
Steve Zinninger advised Wave3 News that his father used to be ready outside the supermarket whilst his mother shopped inside when he heard shooting and noticed panicked people working from the shop.
Zinninger mentioned the shooter casually walked in opposition to his father within the car parking zone and his father drew his gun and faced the person from behind his automobile.
"He (the armed guy) mentioned, ‘please don’t shoot and I gained’t shoot you,’ whites don’t kill whites,” Zinninger advised Wave3 News.
Wave3 News reported that the female victim used to be black.
It used to be no longer transparent whether Zinninger's father used to be the armed bystander who Rogers mentioned exchanged gunfire with the suspect.
Video taken by way of a shop owner showed the suspect wandering across the car parking zone as bystanders shouted his location to police. The guy then sped off, chased by way of a police officer on foot.
"Thanks to the quick response of the local police division, the suspect used to be apprehended and our store is protected," Kroger mentioned in a statement.
Drew Butler mentioned he used to be shopping within the store when he heard more than one pictures. He and a girl barricaded themselves inside a room.
"After the fourth shot, I don’t know if there have been five or fifteen,” Butler advised Wave3 news.
Rogers mentioned each the person and girl had been shot more than one instances.
Two killed in Kentucky supermarket shooting, say police
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