Two people were killed and eight others injured in a shooting on Friday morning at a grocery store in Fordyce, Ark., the police said.
A shooter opened fire at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce in Central Arkansas about 11:30 a.m., the Arkansas State Police said in a statement.
The shooter, whose name was not released, was shot by the police and critically injured before being taken into custody, the police said.
Eight people, including a law enforcement officer, were injured in the shooting. The officer had injuries that were not life-threatening.
The conditions of the others who were injured were unknown.Video and images emerging on social media showed bullet holes in a window of the store, and someone holding what appeared to be a rifle firing shots from the parking lot.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on social media that she had been updated on the shooting in Fordyce, which is about 70 miles south of Little Rock, Ark.
“I am thankful to law enforcement and first responders for their quick and heroic action to save lives,” she wrote.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
