An argument over a mask at a Georgia supermarket ended with a suspect opening fire inside the shop, killing a cashier and wounding a sheriff’s deputy, authorities say.
An argument over a mask at a Georgia supermarket Monday ended with a suspect opening fire inside the shop, killing a cashier and wounding a sheriff’s deputy, authorities said.
The officer and cashier were not immediately identified. A second grocery store employee who was grazed by a bullet also was not identified. Tucker was checking out when the argument occurred, the statement said. He left without making his purchase, then immediately returned with a handgun and allegedly shot the cashier, the agency said.The deputy, a 30-year veteran of the DeKalb County Police Department and a reserve officer with sheriff’s office who was working at the supermarket, then fired at Tucker, Maddox said.
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