Home Depot Shooting

Sunday afternoon an employee shot a store manager and then himself in a New York Home Depot. The 38-year-old manager, who was shot in an aisle of the store, was transported to Bellevue Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The shooter, a 31-year-old male worker at the store, was not scheduled to work when he came in. The shooter was pronounced dead at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police recovered a.38-caliber revolver at the scene. Police did not speculate on a motive for the shooting, noting that the incident is still under investigation.

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