FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) The gunman who stalked and then fatally shot a grandmother and her 1-year-old grandson inside a Florida supermarket had been
The gunman who killed a grandmother and her 1-year-old grandson inside a Florida Publix on Thursday had posted on social media about wanting “to kill people and children,” authorities said.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said there was a chance the deadly crime could have been prevented as gunman Timothy Wall reportedly posted on Facebook about a desire to kill kids.
Timothy Wall posted the warning on his Facebook page: He wanted to kill people, including children. Then he walked into a Publix in Royal Palm Beach and pulled a gun on a 1-year-old boy in a shopping cart, shooting him to death with one bullet. He didn’t count on the child’s grandmother fighting back. Police said the 69-year-old woman went after the gunman, but he knocked her down and shot her .