Collierville Kroger shooting
mass shooting in Collierville, Tennessee
On September 23, 2021, a mass shooting happened at a Kroger grocery store in Collierville, Tennessee, United States. One person was killed and 13 others were injured. The shooter, 29-year-old Uk Thang, shot himself and later died.
| Collierville Kroger shooting | |
|---|---|
| Part of mass shootings in the United States | |
 The Kroger location two days after the shooting | |
| Location | Collierville, Tennessee, US |
| Coordinates | 35°02′51″N 89°41′14″W / 35.04750°N 89.68722°W |
| Date | September 23, 2021 c. 1:30 – c. 1:34 p.m. (CDT) |
| _target | Customers and staff at a Kroger grocery store |
Attack type | Mass shooting, murder–suicide, workplace shooting |
| Weapons | Firearm |
| Deaths | 2 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 14 (13 by gunfire) |
| Perpetrator | Uk Thang |
Thang was working at the store as a vendor.[1][2]
It was the second shooting in less than a year at a store owned by Kroger. The first shooting was at a King Soopers store in Boulder, Colorado, in March.[3]
References
change- ↑ Riess, Rebekah; Selva, Jenn (September 23, 2021). "At least 1 dead, 14 others injured after shooting at Memphis-area Kroger". CNN. Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ↑ Shapiro, Emily (24 September 2021). "Authorities ID Kroger mass shooting suspect as 29-year-old 3rd-party vendor for grocery store". ABC Chicago. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021 – via ABC News.
- ↑ Watts, Micaela A.; Butkovich, Gina; Finton, Lucas (September 24, 2021). "Woman who died in Tennessee Kroger shooting identified; gunman was third-party vendor, police say". USA Today. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
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