Officers responded just after 11 a.m. on Monday to reports of a shooting inside a Fred Meyer supermarket, Cmdr. Chris Lee of the Richland Police Department told reporters at the scene.
Agents from the Seattle field department of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were on their way to help the Richland police with the shooting investigation, the agency said.
All schools in the Richland School District were on lockdown on Monday afternoon since of the shooting, according to the education authoritys website. Richland, a city of about 60,000 residents, is in southeastern Washington.
Fred Meyer, a chain of supermarket that was established in Portland, Ore., is owned by the Kroger Company. In a declaration, the business stated it was “deeply saddened” by the shooting.
” We are cooperating with local police, who have actually protected the store and parking area,” the company said. “The shop will remain closed while the cops examination continues, and we have actually initiated therapy services for our associates.”
It was not clear where in the shop the shooting took place. The Fred Meyer location in Richland is large, with a bank, a garden center, a gasoline station and a number of other offerings.
Employees at the store voted last fall to unionize after a contested two-year arranging effort.
In a declaration on Monday afternoon, Eric Renner, the president of U.F.C.W. 1439, the union that represents the shop workers, stated that nobody must need to fret about their security at a shop.
” Workers in our regional supermarket have experienced many security issues over the last two years under Covid,” he stated. “This tragic shooting is another shock to everybody.”
The authorities identified the person eliminated as Justin Krumbah, 38. The authorities said that Mr. Kelly and Mr. Krumbah might be seen on video having a discussion prior to the shooting. It was unclear if they had actually known each other.
In March, 10 individuals died after a 21-year-old male opened fire in the aisles of a King Soopers shop in Boulder, Colo. In June, a young child and his granny were shopping at a Publix supermarket in Royal Palm Beach, Fla., when they were fatally shot by a 55-year-old male who then eliminated himself.
At that time, Commander Lee said that the authorities were browsing for the gunman, who had left. The police distributed a photo of a bearded male pushing a shopping cart.
It was not right away clear what had actually caused the shooting or if the gunman had actually been targeting anyone in particular.
The authorities identified the person killed as Justin Krumbah, 38. The authorities stated that Mr. Kelly and Mr. Krumbah could be seen on video having a discussion prior to the shooting. If they had understood each other, it was unclear.
The making it through victim, a male employee of the store whose name was not shared by the authorities, was in important condition at an area hospital, the authorities said.
A sweeping hunt has actually ended for a suspect who the cops say eliminated a single person and seriously injured another in a shooting at a grocery store in Richland, Wash., on Monday.
The suspect, Aaron Christopher Kelly, was arrested on Interstate 90 between Sprague and Spokane, more than 100 miles from the shooting, the Richland Police Department stated late Monday in a statement on Facebook.
Mr. Kelly, 39, faces charges of first degree murder and attempted murder, the authorities said.
Earlier at night, during the dragnet, the cops shared a picture of Mr. Kelly, describing him as “armed and dangerous.”
The shooting at the Fred Meyer store followed numerous fatal shootings in American grocery stores in the previous year.
In March, 10 people died after a 21-year-old male opened fire in the aisles of a King Soopers store in Boulder, Colo. The next month, a store supervisor passed away and two individuals were hurt in a shooting at a Stop & & Shop in West Hempstead, N.Y. In June, a young child and his granny were going shopping at a Publix grocery store in Royal Palm Beach, Fla., when they were fatally shot by a 55-year-old guy who then killed himself.
Derrick Bryson Taylor, Giulia Heyward and Patrick J. Lyons contributed reporting.
