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Fatal US shooting at New Jersey supermarket Three dead in New Jersey supermarket shooting
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A fatal shooting has taken place at a supermarket in the eastern US state of New Jersey. A supermarket employee carried out a pre-dawn shooting at the New Jersey supermarket where his colleagues were working, killing two, officials say.
Local media and police officials said three people died in the incident, reportedly including the gunman. The gunman left the Pathmark store in Old Bridge at 03:30 EST (7:30 GMT) and returned half an hour later with with a handgun and an AK-47 assault rifle.
The shooting happened in the early hours of Friday in Old Bridge, a suburb about 25 miles (40km) from New York. A local prosecutor said the gunman fired at the first people he saw.
The Pathmark grocery shop was closed at the time but several workers were inside stacking shelves in preparation for opening. An 18-year-old woman and 24-year-old man were killed before the gunman ended the rampage by shooting himself.
Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry href="http://www.app.com/article/20120831/NJNEWS/308310055/old-bridge-shooting?sf5843444=1&nclick_check=1" >told the local Asbury Park Press that the gunman was thought to be a disgruntled worker and described him as an ex-marine. There were at least 12 people in the store in Old Bridge, a suburb about 25 miles (40km) from New York.
The gunman entered the store around 04:00 local time (8:00 GMT) and shot two people, before turning the gun on himself, according to reports. To those who wonder whether the latest in a string of summer shootings across America will result in stricter controls on guns, the answer is, basically, no.
Police evacuated the shop after the shooting and several of the employees were taken across the road to a TGI Friday's restaurant. Opinion polls, by and large, do not suggest that most Americans want to restrict what some regard as their constitutional right. The rights of gun owners still have an extraordinarily effective voice in Washington, in the shape of the National Rifle Association, which has successfully led resistance to stricter controls.
The NRA's president, David Keene, hailed the Republican party's latest position on guns, adopted at its convention in Tampa, as "perhaps the most gun-friendly platform that any party had ever adopted".
The platform opposes any legislation that would limit ammunition capacity.
People were stocking shelves before the grocery shop opened, and many of those inside hid as the shooting began.
At least 16 rounds were fired, Mr Kaplan said, some breaking the front windows.
The prosecutor said the motive was still under investigation.
Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry told the New Jersey Star-Ledger newspaper that the gunman was a former US marine.
"This is the worst phone call a mayor can receive," he said. "You can prepare for these things but you can't prevent them."
Police evacuated the shop after the shooting and several of the employees were taken across the road to a restaurant.
The shooting is the latest in a series of firearm incidents in the US. Earlier this month a man opened fire at a Sikh temple in the state of Wisconsin, killing six people before police shot him in the abdomen. The gunman then killed himself, the FBI concluded.The shooting is the latest in a series of firearm incidents in the US. Earlier this month a man opened fire at a Sikh temple in the state of Wisconsin, killing six people before police shot him in the abdomen. The gunman then killed himself, the FBI concluded.
Weeks earlier, another gunman killed 12 people during a screening of the new Batman film at a cinema in Aurora, Colorado.Weeks earlier, another gunman killed 12 people during a screening of the new Batman film at a cinema in Aurora, Colorado.