ELKHART, Ind. — Two people were fatally shot and a person believed to be the shooter died at a grocery store Monday in northern Indiana.
Two police officers were injured in the shooting late Monday afternoon at a Martin’s Super Market, Elkhart Police Department spokesperson Jessica McBrier said during a media briefing.
She said two people were pronounced dead inside the store and that the two officers “sustained gunfire,” and were in stable condition at a hospital, she said.
She said police were interviewing witnesses and that there was no danger to the public. No further information was immediately released.
“It’s a sad day in Elkhart,” McBrier said.
Erin Swary, a pregnant mother, was at the store checking out and talking with the person bagging her groceries when they heard a pop, she told WNDU-TV. She said she first thought the sound was a balloon but then saw everyone ducking down so she did, too.
“After that I would say there were six to eight more shots, just one right after another,” Swary said. “So, I was just down on the ground, just frozen.”
Swary said she eventually got out of the store, shaken and breathless.
Elkhart Mayor Rod Roberson in a statement Monday night asked people to continue to pray for the victims including “our two police officers who were wounded, our heroic first responders, and those at the incident.”
Gov. Mike Braun said on social media that he was in contact with state and local law enforcement about the shooting.
“Maureen and I are praying for the victims and their families,” the post said, referencing his wife.
Elkhart is about 15 miles east of South Bend, Indiana.
