Florida: 3 people killed in Royal Palm Beach supermarket shooting

The Sheriff's Office said in a tweet on Thursday that deputies arrived at the scene to find three people dead from gunshot wounds, including a man, a woman and child.

JUNE 11, 2021 08:55

Investigators are on the scene following a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 16, 2021. (photo credit: MICHELLE PEMBERTON-USA TODAY NETWORK VIA REUTERS) — Investigators are on the scene following a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 16, 2021.

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Three people, including a minor, were killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Florida on Thursday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office announced.

The Sheriff's Office said in a tweet that deputies arrived at the scene to find three people dead from gunshot wounds, including a man, a woman and a child. Police did not say which one was believed to have been responsible for the shooting.

"This was NOT an active shooter situation," the sheriff's office said.

Detectives are investigating a shooting that took place INSIDE Publix in RPB. Upon arrival deputies located three individuals deceased from gunshot wounds, one adult male, one adult female and one child. The shooter is one of the deceased. This was NOT an active shooter situation pic.twitter.com/G9KgTr3Mmp
— PBSO (@PBCountySheriff) June 10, 2021

The shooting occurred shortly after 11:30 a.m. local time in a Publix store in the 1100 block of Royal Palm Beach Boulevard in Royal Palm Beach, about 15 miles west of Palm Beach, the Sheriff's Office said.

Reuters contributed to this report.