“The entire Fred Meyer Family offers our thoughts, prayers, and support to all affected individuals and families during this difficult time, and we have initiated counseling services for our associates,” the statement said. “We feel very confident that we will locate the suspect sooner than later,” the police chief said Monday afternoon, adding that multiple law enforcement agencies were helping the police department search and investigate.įred Meyer officials said in a statement on Twitter they were deeply saddened and cooperating with law enforcement. No other victims were found, nor was the shooter, police said. Screenshots from store surveillance footage showed the suspect was wearing a plaid shirt with a dark-colored down vest, a black gaiter or scarf pulled over his nose, light-colored pants and athletic shoes, the Tri-City Herald reported.Įmployees and customers were escorted out of the store to a parking lot while officers went aisle by aisle searching for the shooter or other victims. The person who died was not a store employee, according to police. Police said they don’t know what the apparent conversation entailed and don’t know if the two people knew each other. The suspect and the victim who died had an interaction before the shooting, according to store video footage seen by police. “What happened in our city today was a senseless and tragic act,” Clary said. He had undergone surgery and was listed in critical condition, police said Monday afternoon. The other, a store employee, was taken to a hospital, she said. Richland interim Police Chief Brigit Clary said responding officers found the two victims in close proximity to one another in the store and said although life-saving measures were tried, one had already died. The first officers responding arrived just one minute later, police said. The suspect has had contact with law enforcement in the past, police said.ĭispatchers received a call reporting yelling and possible gunshots in the store at 11:03 a.m. Police said Monday afternoon they had identified the suspect but didn’t release the person’s name. He fled the store after the shooting, though it was not known he left by foot or in a vehicle, Richland police Commander Chris Lee said. The suspect in the shooting at a Fred Meyer store in Richland was described as a middle-aged white man with a handgun. (AP) - Authorities are searching for a man who opened fire Monday at a grocery store in Washington state, killing one person and injuring another.
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