- Authorities on Tuesday confirmed a shooting at a Long Island supermarket.
- One person was reportedly killed in the Long Island supermarket shooting.
- The suspect in the Long Island supermarket shooting has yet to be caught.
New shooting in the United States. A shooting at a supermarket on Long Island, New York, has injured several people and apparently killed one person, according to police.
Three people were shot dead at a Stop & Shop supermarket on Long Island on Tuesday. The shooter apparently got on a nearby bus to flee the scene, according to police and a report quoted by the New York Post.
Long Island supermarket shoot
The shooting took place at around 11:15 a.m. this morning at the convenience store at 50 Cherry Valley Avenue in West Hempstead, Nassau County, police said, according to the New York Post.
“We responded to a call about multiple shootings,” a Nassau County police spokesman said, according to a report from the local newspaper about the grocery store shooting.
Shooting at the Long Island grocery store reportedly killed one
According to reports from the New York Post and NBC New York citing law enforcement sources, one of the shooting victims is believed to have died, while the other two people remain injured. However, the severity of his injuries is not yet known.
Both media outlets indicated that the alleged shooter is still on the run after allegedly boarding a bus after releasing the shooting. According to NBC, the local school district has been blocked.
The shooting at the Long Island supermarket has been confirmed
“There has been an active shooter situation at West Hempstead Stop & Shop,” Nassau County Police said in a tweet shortly after noon on Tuesday.
“The #NassauCountyPD is investigating the area and the schools in the area have been informed to close and secure their buildings. The topic has not yet been held and we ask that the residents of the area stay indoors, ”he wrote in a tweet.
They look for the person of interest
At around 1:00 p.m., Nassau County police confirmed in another tweet that three people were shot at the Stop & Shop supermarket, two in the hospital and one died.
In turn, it reported that the person of interest involved in the shooting was identified as Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, 30, who is roughly wearing a black baseball cap and black sweatshirt, and was last seen west by Hempstead. Authorities asked the public to call 911 immediately if they had information.
Two people were killed in the Houston shooting
On the other hand, yesterday a shooting in Houston, Texas that left two dead and several injured, police confirmed in the early hours of Monday. The event took place after a shooting broke out in Austin on Sunday.
Police were looking for surveillance videos and witnesses after a mass shooting left two dead and at least three injured who were taken to hospital in north Houston, ABC 13 reported Monday morning.
Deadly shooting in Houston
Houston police say the deadly shooting took place along East Whitney, where houses are hidden behind Kerr Park, not far from I-45, ABC 13 newspaper reported.
When the officers arrived on the scene, they found two dead men and a third man, who was also shot, was still resisting, so they rushed him to the hospital, the media said. Read this news to learn more about this case.