Washington supermarket shooting: One dead at Fred Meyer store with gunman on the run

Not less than one individual was reportedly useless after a taking pictures at a Washington grocery store with a suspect (left) lacking (Photos: Kennewick Police Division/Google)

A gunman is on the free after allegedly taking pictures and killing not less than one individual at a grocery store in southeast Washington on Monday.

The Kennewick Police Division launched photographs of a person in a checkered shirt and darkish vest who allegedly shot not less than two folks at a Fred Meyer market in Richland. The person had a white pickup truck.

‘The suspect must be thought-about armed and harmful,’ Richland police said.

Richland police posted a discover on social media at 11.17am PT warning residents within the space to ‘keep away from the Richland Fort Meyers on Wellsian Method’.

Round 12.30pm, Richland police Commander Chris Lee instructed reporters that the suspect had a handgun.

‘We’re undecided if he’s on foot or in a automobile however he’s nonetheless at massive,’ Lee stated. ‘We don’t know what the trigger was. We don’t know if it was particularly intentional or focused towards anybody individual.’

The suspect had prior ‘contact with regulation enforcement’, Lee stated.

He's described as a white man and was recorded on surveillance cameras having a heated dialog with a deceased sufferer earlier than opening hearth. It isn't clear whether or not the suspect knew the deceased sufferer, who was pronounced on the scene, earlier than the taking pictures.

A grocery store worker was wounded and brought to a close-by hospital for remedy. He was in crucial situation and underwent surgical procedure on Monday.

A spokesperson for the market chain stated they have been ‘deeply saddened by the incident’ and that ‘all the Fred Meyer household provides our ideas, prayers and help to all affected people and households throughout this tough time’.

‘We're cooperating with native regulation enforcement who've secured the shop and parking zone,’ the spokesperson stated. ‘The shop will stay closed whereas the police investigation continues, and we've initiated counseling companies for our associates.’  

The grocery store is 220 miles east of downtown Portland and simply over two miles west of the Columbia River.

Anybody with info on the incident is requested to contact the Kennewick Police Division.

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