Two people have been hospitalized after a lunchtime shooting Monday at the Kroger grocery store in Lawrenceville, police said.
Police have arrested one individual in connection with the shooting, authorities said.
A report of a double shooting was called in to police from the store at 422 Grayson Highway at 12:11 p.m., Lawrenceville police spokesman Capt. Greg Vaughn told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Police were on the scene early Monday afternoon and cordoned off the entrance to the store, authorities said.
Some witnesses fled to the back of the store — even into the store freezers — to escape gunfire, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Some store employees remained outside the store for more than an hour after the shooting, according to Channel 2.
"The scene is a little chaotic," Vaughn said, noting the unusually large number of customers likely shopping for winter storm supplies. "You can probably imagine with everybody stocking up on bread and milk."
The two people injured were taken to Gwinnett Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
One victim was shot in the leg and the other in the lower torso, Vaughn said.
The motive remains unclear, according to police.
Late in the afternoon, Vaughn said police located the weapon inside the store.
This is the second shooting in as many weeks in Lawrenceville during the lunch hour, Vaughn said. The previous shooting incident, on West Pike Street near Phoenix High School, ended in a fatality.
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