Crime & Safety
Pennsylvania Supermarket Shooting Leaves 4 Dead
Breaking: Four people have been killed in a shooting at a northeastern Pennsylvania Weis Market.
EATON TOWNSHIP, PA — A shooting at a northeastern Pennsylvania supermarket left four people dead early Thursday in Wyoming County, about 27 miles north of Wilkes-Barre. It it believed to have been a murder-suicide, according to multiple reports.
The shooting unfolded just before 1 a.m. at the Weis Market near Tunkhannock, WNEP reports. A male gunman opened fire, killing two female employees and a male employee before shooting himself, the station said. Multiple outlets, citing police sources, say the shooter was 24-year-old Randy Stair of Dallas, Pa.
At least one person fled and called 911, WKOK reports.
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The identity of the victims has not yet been released. Authorities have not said if the gunman was an employee.
A motive for the shooting is not known at this time. The incident remains under investigation.
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