- On Thursday, fifteen people were killed in a shooting spree in Collierville (Tennessee).
- One of the victims was killed in the supermarket shooting. Six others were still in hospital on Friday.
- Police confirmed that the suspect shooter is also dead.
Fifteen people were shot — and one of them killed — during a mass shooting at a Kroger supermarket in Collierville, Tennessee, according to local police.
Dale Lane, Collierville Police Chief, stated that the shooter was also dead at the scene. He said that officers responding to the shooting at around 1:30 p.m. discovered people hiding in freezers.
“I’ve been involved in this for 34 years and I’ve never seen anything like this,”Lane described it as “calling it” “the most horrific event that’s happened in Collierville history.”
Insider was informed by Baptist Memorial Hospital Collierville that one victim is being cared for.
According to a reporter, six of the shooting victims were still at the hospital on Friday morning. Three of them were in critical condition. Joneé Lewis of local station WREG.
On Thursday, Collierville High was temporarily under lockdown. However, authorities removed it shortly after arriving on the scene.
The Memphis Police Department also responded.
—Memphis Police Dept (@MEM_PoliceDept) September 23, 2021
Kroger releases a StatementOn Thursday, the company offered “thoughts, prayers and support to the individuals and families of victims during this difficult time.”
—Matt Stone (@MattStoneABC) September 23, 2021
Collierville Police Department claimed that the shooter was third-party vendor for Kroger at a Friday press confer. However, he didn’t identify himself. reporterCameron Taylor from WSMV, a local station.