At least 1 dead in grocery store shooting at a Washington Fred Meyer as police warn of "armed and dangerous" suspect
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At least one person was killed and another was injured in a shooting at a Fred Meyer grocery store in Washington on Monday afternoon, police said. The suspect, identified by police as a White man, is still on the run and is believed to be armed with a handgun.
Officers first responded to the Richland grocery store at 11:04 a.m. local time after receiving reports that shots had been fired, police said at a press conference. It's not yet clear if any of the victims were targeted.
Local schools including Richland High and River's Edge High were placed on non-critical lockdown during the police response.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.