Leroy N. Soetoro
2021-09-25 19:00:59 UTC
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3150065/us-
supermarket-shooter-was-son-myanmar-refugees
A gunman who killed one person and wounded 14 others in a Tennessee
grocery store worked in a sushi business at the store and was the son of
refugees from Myanmar who had settled in Nashville, a family friend said
Friday.
The shooter was identified by police as UK Thang, a third-party vendor
who police said worked at the Kroger in Collierville on a daily basis. He
died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound within a couple of
minutes of police arriving at the Kroger in the upscale suburb outside
Memphis.
The victims included 10 employees and five customers, police said. On
Friday, some of the wounded were still in critical condition and fighting
for their lives, Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane said at a morning
news conference.
Lane identified the woman who was killed as Olivia King. Friends told The
Commercial Appeal she was a widowed mother of three.
On Facebook, one of Kings sons, Wes King, wrote that he had spoken to the
trauma surgeon and learned his mother was shot in the chest.
They tried to save her at the hospital to no avail, he wrote. I
apologise for the graphic details, but this type of crime needs to stop
being glossed over and sanitised. No one deserves this.
Police searched the shooters home Thursday and removed electronic
devices.
We all want to know the why, Lane said of the shooters motive. But
today, less than 24 hours [after the shooting], were not ready to tell
you that.
The shooters parents live in Nashville and are part of a community of
Christian refugees from Myanmar who have settled there, according to Aung
Kyaw, a friend of the family who came to pray with them at their home on
Friday.
Kyaw said Thang had a sushi business that operated inside the Collierville
Kroger, though he was not sure what the arrangement was with the grocery
store chain.
Kyaw said Thangs parents were very upset about their sons involvement
and were praying for all the people involved.
His mom is very sad, Kyaw said. Shes tired.
Kyaw came to the door of the parents home at the end of a cul-de-sac in
the Antioch area of Nashville. On Friday morning there were cars spilling
out into the street, and more than a dozen pairs of shoes were scattered
on the landing outside the door.
Kyaw said he did not know the son personally.
The shooter, acting alone, did not appear to target anyone specifically as
he rampaged through the building on a sunny Thursday afternoon, police
said. The entire shooting was over within minutes as first responders
swarmed the scene.
Lane said the outcome could have been worse. Police received a call around
1.30pm about the shooting and arrived almost immediately, finding multiple
people with gunshot wounds upon entering the building, he said. He said
officers of every rank ran into the building and were joined by off-duty
firefighters.
Nobody wants to go into that scene, I can promise you, Lane said. I
mean, there were bloody people running out of that building, and there was
not one blue uniform that hesitated, from the bottom all the way up. Were
in there trying to help.
Jason Lusk, 39, had just left a tool store beside Kroger when he heard
some women screaming in the car park about a shooter. He did not see the
gunman, but heard 10 to 15 rounds in rapid succession at the grocery
store.
It sounded like they were directly over my head, he said, adding he
could feel the concussion of every shot and knew the weapon was powerful.
As the firing started, I dove in front of my vehicle onto the ground to
provide the most cover for myself and instructed the people around me
panicking, trying to get into the cars, not to get in their cars, but to
actually hide, he said.
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supermarket-shooter-was-son-myanmar-refugees
A gunman who killed one person and wounded 14 others in a Tennessee
grocery store worked in a sushi business at the store and was the son of
refugees from Myanmar who had settled in Nashville, a family friend said
Friday.
The shooter was identified by police as UK Thang, a third-party vendor
who police said worked at the Kroger in Collierville on a daily basis. He
died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound within a couple of
minutes of police arriving at the Kroger in the upscale suburb outside
Memphis.
The victims included 10 employees and five customers, police said. On
Friday, some of the wounded were still in critical condition and fighting
for their lives, Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane said at a morning
news conference.
Lane identified the woman who was killed as Olivia King. Friends told The
Commercial Appeal she was a widowed mother of three.
On Facebook, one of Kings sons, Wes King, wrote that he had spoken to the
trauma surgeon and learned his mother was shot in the chest.
They tried to save her at the hospital to no avail, he wrote. I
apologise for the graphic details, but this type of crime needs to stop
being glossed over and sanitised. No one deserves this.
Police searched the shooters home Thursday and removed electronic
devices.
We all want to know the why, Lane said of the shooters motive. But
today, less than 24 hours [after the shooting], were not ready to tell
you that.
The shooters parents live in Nashville and are part of a community of
Christian refugees from Myanmar who have settled there, according to Aung
Kyaw, a friend of the family who came to pray with them at their home on
Friday.
Kyaw said Thang had a sushi business that operated inside the Collierville
Kroger, though he was not sure what the arrangement was with the grocery
store chain.
Kyaw said Thangs parents were very upset about their sons involvement
and were praying for all the people involved.
His mom is very sad, Kyaw said. Shes tired.
Kyaw came to the door of the parents home at the end of a cul-de-sac in
the Antioch area of Nashville. On Friday morning there were cars spilling
out into the street, and more than a dozen pairs of shoes were scattered
on the landing outside the door.
Kyaw said he did not know the son personally.
The shooter, acting alone, did not appear to target anyone specifically as
he rampaged through the building on a sunny Thursday afternoon, police
said. The entire shooting was over within minutes as first responders
swarmed the scene.
Lane said the outcome could have been worse. Police received a call around
1.30pm about the shooting and arrived almost immediately, finding multiple
people with gunshot wounds upon entering the building, he said. He said
officers of every rank ran into the building and were joined by off-duty
firefighters.
Nobody wants to go into that scene, I can promise you, Lane said. I
mean, there were bloody people running out of that building, and there was
not one blue uniform that hesitated, from the bottom all the way up. Were
in there trying to help.
Jason Lusk, 39, had just left a tool store beside Kroger when he heard
some women screaming in the car park about a shooter. He did not see the
gunman, but heard 10 to 15 rounds in rapid succession at the grocery
store.
It sounded like they were directly over my head, he said, adding he
could feel the concussion of every shot and knew the weapon was powerful.
As the firing started, I dove in front of my vehicle onto the ground to
provide the most cover for myself and instructed the people around me
panicking, trying to get into the cars, not to get in their cars, but to
actually hide, he said.
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: ***@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.