A gunman opened fire on a supermarket in Tennessee, killing one person and injuring 12 others before the perpetrator committed suicide, the US state police announced on Thursday (23/9).
Authorities were alerted to a shooting incident at a Kroger supermarket in Collierville, a suburb of Memphis.
” When we got there, a lot of people were injured ,” said Dale Lane, Collieville Police Chief. Twelve of them were taken to hospital and one died, he confirmed. The gunman committed suicide with his weapon.
Collierville Police Chief described the scene as ” horrific .” ” I have never seen anything like it in my 34 years of career, ” he said.
” We found people hiding in freezers and closed offices, ” Lane described.
The perpetrator is dead
The perpetrator of the bloody attack has fallen dead, according to the information of the Police, with himself ending his life.
