JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. — A male suspect fatally shot a man and a woman at a Kroger grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, and then exchanged fire with an armed bystander before fleeing the scene, police said. He was captured shortly afterward.

Both victims died at the store, said Jeffersontown Police Chief Sam Rogers. He did not say whether police had determined a motive in Wednesday's shooting. He also did not identify the suspect.

Police received a call about 3 p.m. reporting the shooting, Rogers said. He said the suspect fired multiple rounds at the man inside the store, and shot the female victim multiple times out in the parking lot. A citizen armed with a gun engaged the shooter in the parking lot, but the suspect was able to flee before he was captured on a nearby road, Rogers said.

Eric Deacon, who identified himself as an EMT, told The Associated Press that he was in the self-checkout lane of the store when he heard the first shot, in the pharmacy.

He said a man came around the corner and "the look on his face, he looked like he just didn't care."

Deacon said he saw another man in the store with a gun who appeared to be shooting at the suspect, trying to get him out of the store. Deacon went outside and saw a woman in her mid-50s or early 60s who had been hit, and tried to resuscitate her.

"She was gone, there's nothing I could do," Deacon said. "I think she just got caught in the crossfire."

As police officers swarmed the scene and blocked off the area with yellow crime tape, a man identified by the Louisville Courier Journal as Tim King stood in the parking lot waiting for his wife to come out. He said he drove to the store after she called him sobbing to tell him what had happened.

"I said, 'What's wrong?'" King said in a video posted on the newspaper's website. "And she said, 'There's someone shooting up here.'"

King said his wife said she heard popping noises, then someone ran around a corner and said, "Oh my God, he's killed her."

Customers were moved to the back of the store, she said.

"It's just a very, very scary situation," King said.

The Kroger Co. issued a statement saying that company officials were "shocked and saddened by the shooting."

"Thanks to the quick response of the local police department, the suspect was apprehended and our store is secure."

The store was closed and will not reopen until the investigation is complete, the release said.</s>JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. — Police say two people have been killed in a shooting at a grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky. The chief of the Jeffersontown Police Department said a suspect was detained following the shooting Wednesday afternoon.

The shooting was reported just after 3 p.m. at the Kroger store in Jeffersontown, located on the eastern outskirts of Louisville.

Police Chief Sam Rogers told reporters a suspect entered the store, encountered a man, fired multiple shots at him and left. The suspect then encountered a woman in the parking lot and shot her as well. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene, Rogers said.

Police said the shooter then exchanged fire with an armed citizen in the parking lot, but no one was injured in that exchange, reports CBS affiliate WKLY-TV. The suspect fled, but was apprehended a short distance away.

A witness who is an emergency medical technician told the station he prepared to give aid to the woman, but then realized she was dead.

"Once they got the gentleman on the ground, I hollered at them and said, 'Look, I'm an EMT. Let me get out here and try to help this woman,'" said the witness, Eric Deacon. "So that's when I went, ran over, I get down. I'm getting ready to start CPR on her, and when I looked at her, I knew she was gone. There was nothing I could do."

Rogers couldn't speak to a motive and said the shootings were apparently random.

Witnesses inside the store told WLKY's Lauren Adams they took cover, fearing for their lives.

In a statement released to CBS News, a Kroger spokeswoman said the company is "shocked and saddened" by the shooting.

"Thanks to the quick response of the local police department, the suspect was apprehended and our store is secure," the statement said.

The statement said the store is closed and Kroger is cooperating with law enforcement.</s>A male suspect fatally shot a man and a woman at a Kroger grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, and then exchanged fire with an armed bystander before fleeing the scene, police said. He was captured shortly afterward.

Both victims died at the store, said Jeffersontown Police Chief Sam Rogers. He did not say whether police had determined a motive in Wednesday's shooting. He also did not identify the suspect.

Police received a call about 3 p.m. reporting the shooting, Rogers said. He said the suspect fired multiple rounds at the man inside the store, and shot the female victim multiple times out in the parking lot. A citizen armed with a gun engaged the shooter in the parking lot, but the suspect was able to flee before he was captured on a nearby road, Rogers said.

Eric Deacon, who identified himself as an EMT, told The Associated Press that he was in the self-checkout lane of the store when he heard the first shot, in the pharmacy.

He said a man came around the corner and "the look on his face, he looked like he just didn't care."

Deacon said he saw another man in the store with a gun who appeared to be shooting at the suspect, trying to get him out of the store. Deacon went outside and saw a woman in her mid-50s or early 60s who had been hit, and tried to resuscitate her.

"She was gone, there's nothing I could do," Deacon said. "I think she just got caught in the crossfire."

As police officers swarmed the scene and blocked off the area with yellow crime tape, a man identified by the Louisville Courier Journal as Tim King stood in the parking lot waiting for his wife to come out. He said he drove to the store after she called him sobbing to tell him what had happened.

"I said, 'What's wrong?'" King said in a video posted on the newspaper's website. "And she said, 'There's someone shooting up here.'"

King said his wife said she heard popping noises, then someone ran around a corner and said, "Oh my God, he's killed her."

Customers were moved to the back of the store, she said.

"It's just a very, very scary situation," King said.

The Kroger Co. issued a statement saying that company officials were "shocked and saddened by the shooting."

"Thanks to the quick response of the local police department, the suspect was apprehended and our store is secure."

The store was closed and will not reopen until the investigation is complete, the release said.</s>Police: 2 people killed in shooting at Kroger grocery store on outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky

JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Police: 2 people killed in shooting at Kroger grocery store on outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky.</s>Multiple people shot inside Kroger grocery store on outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, police say

JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Multiple people shot inside Kroger grocery store on outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, police say.</s>JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. -- Police say multiple people have been shot inside a grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky. A dispatcher with the Jeffersontown Police Department said a suspect was detained following the shooting Wednesday afternoon at a Kroger store.

The shooting was reported just after 3 p.m. at the store, located on the eastern outskirts of Louisville.

The dispatcher says officers remain at the scene. The extent of the victims' injuries isn't immediately known.

Multiple Kroger employees and employee family members told CBS affiliate WKLY a person came into the store shooting, the station's Lauren Adams reports via Twitter. Police have not made an official comment to the station.

This is a developing story and will be updated.</s>
• Two people are dead and a suspect is in custody after a shooting at a Kroger grocery store outside Louisville, Kentucky, police said Wednesday afternoon.
• Kroger told Business Insider in a statement that the company is cooperating with the police investigation, and that the store will be closed until the investigation is over.

Two people are dead and a suspect is in custody after a shooting inside a Kroger grocery store in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, on the outskirts of Louisville, on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Authorities said the gunman entered the store and opened fire on one man, then exited to the parking lot where he gunned down one woman, local CBS affiliate WLKY reported. Both the man and the woman died at the scene.

The shooter then exchanged gunfire with a civilian in the parking lot, though neither were injured.

Dispatchers received the initial report of shots fired around 2:54 p.m. local time, with reports of “multiple injuries,” the Courier Journal reported, adding that emergency responders were on the scene.

Kroger told Business Insider in a statement that the company is cooperating with the police investigation, and that the store will be closed until the investigation is over.

“We are shocked and saddened by the shooting incident that occurred around 2:30 pm today,” the statement said. “Thanks to the quick response of the local police department, the suspect was apprehended and our store is secure.”

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.</s>JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. — Police say multiple people have been shot inside a grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky.

A dispatcher with the Jeffersontown Police Department said a suspect was detained following the shooting Wednesday afternoon at a Kroger store.

The store is located on the eastern outskirts of Louisville.

The dispatcher says officers remain at the scene. The extent of injuries isn’t immediately known.</s>The Latest: Police say 2 dead in Kroger shooting in Kentucky

JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Kentucky grocery (all times local):

Police say two people have died in a shooting at a Kroger grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky.

Jeffersontown Police Chief Sam Rogers confirmed the deaths at the store Wednesday. He said two people were dead — one inside the store and one outside.

No further details were immediately available.

An emergency medical technician who happened to be at a Kentucky grocery when gunfire broke out says he saw a woman hit and went to help her but realized there was nothing that could be done.

Eric Deacon told WDRB-TV in Louisville that he heard gunfire and saw two men run out of the Kroger into the parking lot Wednesday, shooting at each other. He said he saw a woman in her mid-50s or early 60s get hit as he was calling 911. Deacon said he went to the woman to start CPR on her but realized he couldn't help her.

Police say multiple people have been shot inside a grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky.

A dispatcher with the Jeffersontown Police Department said a suspect was detained following the shooting Wednesday afternoon at a Kroger store.

The store is located on the eastern outskirts of Louisville.

The dispatcher says officers remain at the scene. The extent of injuries isn't immediately known.</s>JEFFERSONTOWN, KY. - At least one person was killed in a shooting inside a Kroger grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

WAVE reports at least one person was killed in the shooting around 2:55 p.m. at 9080 Taylorsville Road at the corner of Hurstbourne Parkway in Jeffersontown.

A dispatcher with the Jeffersontown Police Department said a suspect was detained following the shooting Wednesday afternoon at a Kroger store. Information about suspects or motives was not immediately available.

An emergency medical technician who happened to be at a Kentucky grocery when gunfire broke out says he saw a woman hit and went to help her but realized there was nothing that could be done.

Eric Deacon told WDRB-TV in Louisville that he heard gunfire and saw two men run out of the Kroger into the parking lot Wednesday, shooting at each other. He said he saw a woman in her mid-50s or early 60s get hit as he was calling 911. Deacon said he went to the woman to start CPR on her but realized he couldn't help her.

The store is located on the eastern outskirts of Louisville.

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A shooter kills 2 people in a Kroger store near Louisville, Kentucky.