crawl out of the store. witnesses were terrified. my life flashed before my eyes. reporter: the gbi says tucker faces charges of murder and aggravated assault. it s not clear if tucker has an attorney. this shooting coming as the number of deaths and gun violence in this country has increased 23.5% since this time last year, according to the gun violence archive. just as health restrictions put in place in the pandemic are easing. but not all cities and states have relinquished their mask mandates. decatur, georgia is one of them. last month the city extended its mask ordinance until june 31st, saying masks must be worn when entering any public building or business, except for religious establishments. we re still following, you know, some of the cdc guidelines, so it would be up to the store to decide if it s made mandatory or not mandatory. we don t know the policy of this store. reporter: only 20% of the
crawl out of the store. witnesses were terrified. my life flashed before my eyes. reporter: the gbi says tucker faces charges of murder and aggravated assault. it s not clear if tucker has an attorney. this shooting coming as the number of deaths and injuries from gun violence in this country has increased 23.5% since this time last year according to the gun violence archive. and just as health restrictions put in place during the pandemic are easing. but not all cities and states have relinquished their mask mandates. decatur, georgia, is one of them. last month the city extended its mask ordinance until june 21st, saying masks must be worn when entering any public building or business, except for religious establishments. we re still following, you know, some of the cdc guidelines so it will be up to that store to decide to make it mandatory or not mandatory. but we do not know of the policy yet at this time with the store. reporter: over 21% of dekalb county residents have b
weapon and shot the cashier. reporter: a customer in a decatur, georgia, supermarket shot and killed a cashier monday after getting into an argument about his face mask. she is a very cautious person, so she had asked him to pull up his mask. he refused and walked out, came back in and did that. reporter: according to the georgia bureau of investigation, the suspect, 30-year-old victor lee tucker jr. was checking out of the big bear supermarket when he got into an argument with the cashier about putting hn on his mask. tucker left without paying, then came back to the store and pulled out a handgun, shooting and killing 41-year-old laquita willis. tucker then exchanged fire with a sheriff s deputy who was working security. both were wounded and transported to local hospitals. both are expected to survive. a second cashier grazed by a bullet was treated on the scene. two responding officers arrested tucker as he was attempting to
weapon and shot the cashier. reporter: a customer in a decatur, georgia supermarket shot and killed a cashier monday after getting into an argument with her about his face mask. he had a mask. she just is a very cautious person, so she had asked him to pull up his mask. he refused and walked out, came back in and did that. reporter: according to the georgia bureau of investigation, the suspect, 30-year-old victor lee tucker jr. was checking out of the big bear supermarket when he got into an argument with the cashier about putting on his mask. tucker left without paying, then came back to the store and pulled out a handgun, shooting and killing 41-year-old laquita willis. tucker exchanged fire with a sheriff s deputy working with security. both were hurt, taken to a hospital and both are expected to survive. a bullet was seized from the scene. two responding officers arrested tucker as he was attempting to
tucker left without buying anything only to return to the store moments later with a handgun. and then he shot the cashier, killing her. the georgia bureau of investigation said the two got into an argument over the mask. here s the store s earn speaking to a cnn affiliate wxia. he had a mask. she just very cautious person so she had asked him to pull up his mask. he refused. and walked out. came back in and did that. a kind, loving human being. we can t understand. there s nothing to understand. the store s security officer, a 30-year veteran of the police department exchanged gunfire with tucker and he was arrested as he tried to crawl out of the front door of the store. he and the sheriff s deputy were taken to the hospital and we re told remain in stable condition, according to authorities. the dekalb county police department is investigating this shooting. the georgia bureau of investigation has been asked to as well. we ve seen plenty of debates