Sandy MaloneRoyal Palm Beach, FL – Three people – including a child – were gunned down inside a Publix grocery store in Florida on Thursday morning.
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Spokeswoman Teri Barbera said the incident occurred at about 11:30 a.m. on June 10 in the Publix located in The Crossroads shopping center on the corner of Royal Palm Beach Boulevard at Okeechobee Boulevard, WPTV reported.
Barbera said that when sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene for calls about a shooter, they found a man, a woman, and a child dead from gunshot wounds.
The sheriff’s department said the gunman was one of the three found dead, WPTV reported.
The exact age of the juvenile victim was unknown, but Palm Beach County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay said it was a toddler.
Officials have not yet released the name of the shooter or the victims, WPTV reported.
Detectives are investigating a shooting that took place INSIDE Publix in RPB. Upon arrival deputies located three individuals deceased from gunshot wounds, one adult male, one adult female and one child. The shooter is one of the deceased. This was NOT an active shooter situation pic.twitter.com/G9KgTr3Mmp
— PBSO (@PBCountySheriff) June 10, 2021
Breaking news: Three dead following a shooting at a Publix in Royal Palm Beach Thursday.
Deputies responded to the shooting at 11:39 a.m., where they found three people had been shot and killed, including the shooter. The other two people include a woman and a child. @WPBF25News pic.twitter.com/cqhjRhT5Ev
— Ana Espinosa (@WPBF_Ana) June 10, 2021
Three people, including a child, were killed in a shooting that occurred inside a #Publix in Royal Palm Beach, #Florida. Officials said the shooter was one of the people dead. #US pic.twitter.com/s50X4N2clD
— 🌎 Sarwar 🌐 (@ferozwala) June 10, 2021
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