A man has opened fire inside a Home Depot store in the Florida Panhandle, killing a woman
ByThe Associated Press
August 11, 2023, 3:38 PM
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A man opened fire inside a Home Depot store in the Florida Panhandle on Friday, killing a woman, authorities said.
Deputies and police officers responding to the store in Pensacola found the woman fatally shot. Two other people had minor injuries, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post.
The suspect was taken into custody a short time later. The shooter and the victim knew each other, according to the sheriff’s office.
“This shooting wasn’t random,” the sheriff’s office said.
A spokeswoman for Home Depot said the victim was a third-party contractor.
No further details were immediately provided.
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This story has been corrected to show that the victim was a third-party contractor and not a Home Depot employee.