Shooter with assault rifle killed two and self in New Jersey supermarket
Police said at least three people were killed Friday morning after a man walked into a New Jersey supermarket allegedly wearing body armor and opened fire with an AK-47, according to WPIX in New Jersey.
Police reportedly confronted man in his 20s who was a former employee of the Pathmark grocery store in Old Bridge, New Jersey, but he killed two individuals before turning the gun on himself. He reportedly entered the store just before 4 a.m. while employees were stocking the shelves, and no customers were inside.
The video below is from WPIX in New Jersey, broadcast Friday, August 31, 2012.
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