Police: Long Island store shooter arrested two miles from grocery store
Mary Altaffer/AP
Emergency service personnel work at the scene of a shooting at a Stop & Shop supermarket, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in West Heampstead, N.Y. A gunman shot three workers inside a manager s office at a Long Island grocery store Tuesday, killing one of them, police said. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
By: Sarah Dewberry & Associated Press
Posted at 7:42 PM, Apr 21, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-21 20:22:54-04
Police say a man who killed a manager and wounded two workers Tuesday at a Long Island grocery store was a troubled employee who d been reprimanded in recent months for threatening and sexually harassing colleagues.
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