The Memphis Police Department and Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies are assisting the Collierville Police Department at the store at 240 New Byhalia Road.

In a press conference after the shooting occurred, Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane confirmed one person was killed and 12 others injured. The shooter was also killed by what authorities believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The victims were sent to multiple hospitals, with at least 4 of them in critical condition.

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Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane said that no police or children were injured in the shooting. There are also no additional known threats following the shooting, he said. All 44 Kroger employees who were in the store at the time of the shooting were accounted for, Lane added.

A department statement issued via Facebook said that the suspected shooter died by suicide in the rear of the grocery store. The store will stay closed indefinitely as the investigation continues, Teresa Dickerson, a Kroger spokesperson said.

“Co-workers recognized the shooter as a Kroger employee,” he wrote. A family member of another employee also told WMC-TV that the shooter was a Kroger employee.

Investigators of the shooting are reportedly using a robot to search the suspect’s vehicle, according to WHBQ-TV reporter Dakarai Turner.

“Our office has been in contact with ATF, TBI, and local authorities on the ground, and we are closely monitoring the situation in Collierville. We are praying for all of the victims,” Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn wrote.

Republican Senator Bill Hagerty wrote, “Tragic news out of Collierville, TN, that I’m closely monitoring. I’m grateful to law enforcement & first responders for their heroic actions. Chrissy & I are praying for the victims & this TN community that is hurting. My office is available to anyone needing assistance.”

Raumesh Akbari, a Democratic state senator, wrote, “My heart aches for our families who are caught in yet another act of senseless gun violence,” WHBQ-TV reported.

“My family is praying for these victims and their caregivers, but it’s going to take collective action from us all to heal the scars of this tragedy moving forward,” Akbari added. “No one should have to watch over their shoulder at work or picking up groceries. This cannot be the cost of living in a free society.”

Four of the injured people at Regional One are in critical condition, and five are in non-critical condition, according to WREG reporter Stacy Jacobson.

Two other people injured in the shooting were sent to Methodist University Hospital, also in Memphis, Tennessee, Jacobson added.

“The entire Kroger family offers our thoughts, prayers and support to the individuals and families of the victims during this difficult time,” the statement said.

The statement added that the store would remain closed indefinitely as law enforcement continued their investigation and referred any questions to the Collierville Police Department.

Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane said the suspected shooter was dead, and law enforcement were still waiting to examine the shooter’s vehicle in the Kroger parking lot for evidence.

She said once she heard gunshots, she grabbed other people are made her way to the back of the store. The shooter followed her as she ran to safety, she told reporters.

She also described some of the injuries to customers and employees.

“One of my coworkers got shot in the head. And a customer got shot in the stomach and an arm,” she said, “Another one of my coworkers got cut on top of his eye from the asphalt.”

She could not see how her coworker got shot in the head because she said she was ducking and “everybody was covered.”

He commended the cooperation between the various agencies that responded to the scene of the Collierville Kroger store shooting, saying that it was a “terrific” occurrence in an otherwise tragic incident.

“I’ve been involved with this for 34 years, and I’ve never seen anything like it,” he said.

He added that it was with a “broken heart” that he delivered the news of the shooting, calling it the “most horrific event that’s occurred in Collierville history.”

He said employees were hiding in the aisles, inside of freezers and in offices.

“We found people hiding in freezers, in locked offices,” he said. “They were doing what they had been trained to do: run, hide, fight.”

There was also an employee who was rescued from the roof of the building.

Lane said that police expect to give another press briefing in three hours.

The investigation is ongoing. It is unclear at this time if the shooter was a Kroger employee.

The alleged shooter is also dead from what police believe to be a self-inflicted gunshot.

He said there was one male shooter who is now dead, apparently from a self-inflicted wound.

Law enforcement sources told local news station FOX 13 that nine people were shot.

Employees, wearing aprons and masks, gathered in the Kroger parking lot.

There are multiple people possibly injured, WREG reports. However, there are no official reports on victims or injuries.

She said she had walked out the store’s back office and was headed to the floral counter, where she works, when she heard what she believed to be a gunshot.

“I just ran out the door,” McDonald said. “I left my purse, my keys, everything.”

McDonald said that she didn’t suffer any injuries and was unsure how many others may have been shot or injured, the Appeal reported.