1 dead, 2 injured after dispute over mask at Georgia grocery store, sheriff says
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A dispute over a mask Monday at a grocery store led to shootout that left an employee dead and two people, including a sheriff’s deputy, injured, according to DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Maddox.
The suspect entered the Big Bear Supermarket at South DeKalb Mall in Decatur, in the Atlanta-metro area, where there was an argument with the cashier over a mask. Maddox gave few details about the argument but said it was over a face mask.
The suspect then shot the employee and she died from her injuries, Maddox said at a news conference Monday.
Sheriff: Cashier fatally shot after argument over face masks
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Jun 14, 2021 at 7:14 pm EDT
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) A grocery store cashier in the Atlanta area was killed and two other people were wounded Monday in a shooting that followed an argument over wearing face masks in the supermarket, authorities said.
DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Maddox said the shooting occurred inside the Big Bear Supermarket at South DeKalb Mall in Decatur while several people were inside the business. She said a female cashier was killed when a man opened fire.
“There was some confrontation, argument I’m not sure exactly what in reference to the wearing of masks, at which time the subject pulled out a weapon and shot the cashier,” Maddox said at a news conference. Maddox said she did not know the details of the argument.
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A reserve deputy, who was employed parttime for security with the store, returned fire and shot the subject, the sheriff said. The deputy and the suspected shooter were injured, she added.
The deputy is a member of a reserve unit of deputies not actively working for a law enforcement agency but still a certified law enforcement officer. Such deputies can work with a sheriff s office on a volunteer basis and can work part time security jobs, the sheriff s department said.
Maddox said the deputy s response might have kept other people from being hurt.
“That is what he is trained to do,” Maddox said.
Cashier dead, deputy injured after dispute with man over a mask, GBI says
By Eric Perry and FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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Argument over face mask leads to deadly triple shooting, investigators say
A dispute with a customer over a face mask leads to a cashier being killed, a deputy being injured, and another cashier being grazed in a shooting, investigators say. The suspect also was injured after investigators say the off-duty deputy working as security guard returned fire.
DECATUR, Ga. - DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Maddox said a supermarket cashier was shot over a dispute with a customer about a mask on Monday. A DeKalb County deputy in the supermarket shot at the suspect, Maddox said, and the suspect returned fire and struck the deputy.