Authorities are still investigating the shooting that left the 69-year-old woman and her 23-month-old grandson dead. Their names haven t been released.
Detectives haven t released a motive in the shooting or what possible connection the victims had to the gunman, 55-year-old Timothy Wall, who turned the gun on himself after shooting them.
Timothy Wall
According to a timeline released by the sheriff s office, the gunman had made a purchase at the Publix around 9 a.m. Thursday and returned just before 11:30 a.m. using a golf club putter as a cane.
The gunman watched the victims, who had entered the store around 11:07 a.m., from across the produce section before he shot the child then got into a struggle with the grandmother, officials said. During the struggle, the gunman shoved her to the ground and shot her, before he shot himself.
According to reports, 55-year old Timothy J. Wall used a .45 semi-automatic handgun to shoot his victims, a 69-year old grandmother and her one year old grandson, before turning the gun on himself. A memorial outside the now-reopened grocery store continues to grow.
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Donations are being taken online for the family of a grandmother and a one year old boy murdered at a Royal Palm Beach Publix last week.
This as the Palm Beach County Sheriff s Office
continues to investigate why 55-year old Timothy J. Wall pulled the trigger on the two victims and himself right in front of other shoppers.
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GoFundMe page was set up by a Julie Nolan, who says her family has been friends with the victims family for 50 years.
The page, which has a goal of $30,000, was shared Monday morning by PBSO.
A post on the page notes that all donations will go towards funeral and other unexpected expenses associated with this horrific tragedy.
A grandmother who was shot and killed along with her 1-year-old grandson inside a Florida Publix may have helped prevent the gunman from killing more people.