[based_skeletor]

Incident
On the day of the shooting, the gunman, Uk Thang, got into an altercation with another Kroger employee and was asked to leave at 7:00 a.m. He returned to his apartment and later left at 12:30 p.m. After calling his brother at 1:30 p.m. to tell him he would never see him again, Thang returned to the store and opened fire with two pistols and a rifle that he brought with him. At the time of the shooting, 44 employees and a number of customers were inside the building.

A cashier told reporters that Thang came in while she was working and began to open fire almost immediately. He shot a coworker and a customer in front of the employee. Another employee described Thang finding her and her coworkers while they were hiding and shooting at them, hitting at least two. A third employee saw other employees and customers running towards her from the front of the store.

Authorities began receiving 9-1-1 calls at around 1:30 p.m. reporting an active shooter situation at the Kroger store. The first police officers arrived on the scene at 1:34 p.m., and they began clearing the store by searching aisle by aisle. Officers discovered people hiding in freezers and locked offices as many had run away from Thang. He was later found dead at the back of the store from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Victims
A 70-year-old female customer was killed (seen at around the 2:10 mark), and 13 others – ten employees and three customers – were wounded in the shooting. One other individual checked into a hospital due to an anxiety attack.Regional One Health received nine patients, with four of them in critical condition. Methodist Le Bonheur received two patients; one underwent surgery, while the other was in stable condition. Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis received a twelfth patient. By September 26, all of the seriously and critically wounded patients were recovering.


Perpetrator
Police identified the shooter as 29-year-old Uk Thang (born October 17, 1991), who had been living in Collierville since the summer of 2020 and was working as a third-party vendor at the Kroger store's sushi outlet. He had been asked to leave his job on the morning of the shooting. According to family friends and acquaintances, Thang was the son of refugees from Myanmar who settled in Utah and then Nashville. Neighbors described not knowing Thang, who they only saw coming and going from the apartment complex they lived in. According to police, he did not have a specific target during the shooting. He had a few misdemeanors on his criminal record, but no violent criminal history. A coworker described Thang as quiet and only interacting with his fellow sushi workers, but also sometimes arguing with other coworkers. Thang legally purchased the guns used in the shooting within the 18 months preceding the incident.

[Drastic85]

By god, I paid for these groceries and I will die for them.

[MadRussianJay]

Hmm that fella doesn't fit the media narrative that only one race commits mass murder. First time ever they lied!!! lol

[docfr8]

What a FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT

[DiabloLucky13]

The older lady that died had zero chance of getting away with the shuffle she had...

[athensnikos]

The elder lady with the electric 4wheeler scooter ,survived alright!!

[River]

Why on earth would you keep pushing your cart when there's an active shooter on the scene?

And why the fuck haven't I heard about this shooting until a year later? Where I'm from we get news about these mass killings every time and when there's 13 victims involved there should've been headlines for days.

When the school shooting in Texas happened in May we had news about it for atleast two weeks.

[ProHigh5er]

This would have been headline news if he was a white guy.

First I've EVER heard of this mass shooting. Pretty incredible.

[Mr.NoCredit]

Excellent find! It looked like a store full of fat people.
Actual statistic:
In all, more than two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or have obesity.

[Yoshi1969]

Police sure was slow to arrive and just standing around? FTP