At least three
people have died in a shooting at a New Jersey supermarket early Friday, a law
enforcement official said.
The person
believed to be the shooter is among the dead, a law enforcement official briefed
on the shooting said.
The official
spoke on condition of anonymity because the shooting took place in a different
jurisdiction.
The shooting
happened in the overnight hours inside a Pathmark grocery store in Old Bridge, a
suburb about 25 miles from New York, the official said. The store was closed at
the time and was scheduled to open at 6 a.m. AP
The Pathmark
grocery shop was closed at the time but several workers were reported to be
inside stacking shelves. BBC Numerous
employees were taken across the street to a T.G.I. Friday's.
abcnews Old Bridge mayor
Owen Henry told the local Star-Ledger newspaper that the gunman - reportedly a
disgruntled worker - had entered the store around 04:00 local time (23:00 GMT
Thursday) and shot two people, before turning the gun on himself.
BBC The scene is now
under control, according to WABC, and there are emergency responders in the
plaza parking lot who have been standing in front of the store for the past
hour. abcnews New Jersey
Transit closed its nearby park-and-ride lot and told riders that they could park
in other park-and-ride lots or could ride the North Jersey Coast rail line.
AP
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