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Former marine kills two co-workers before taking own life
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. -- A former marine wearing military clothing opened fire at a grocery market early Friday, killing two of his co-workers and himself as other terrified store employees hid in the back, authorities said.
The 23-year-old man left his shift at the Pathmark store at about 3:30 a.m. and returned a half-hour later to the closed store with a handgun and an AK-47 assault rifle, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said. About 12 to 14 workers were still there.
The man fired at least 16 rounds from the rifle at the first workers he saw, killing 18-year-old Christina LoBrutto and a 24-year-old Bryan Breen as other workers hid, officials said.
"I do not believe that they were specifically targeted. I believe everybody in the store was a target," said Kaplan.
The gunman then killed himself.
Kaplan did not release the suspect's name, but a law-enforcement official briefed on the investigation identified him as Terence Tyler, an ex-marine who was discharged in 2010. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because his agency is not in charge of the investigation.
Tyler, an infantryman from Brooklyn, never served overseas, said U.S. Marine Corps spokeswoman Capt. Kendra Motz. She wouldn't comment on the circumstances of his discharge.
At the top of a Facebook page for a Terence Tyler who says he served in the marines the same dates as the shooter has this slogan: "Be optimistic. All the people you hate are going to eventually die." Tyler moved to an apartment near the supermarket earlier this summer, neighbours said. Co-workers said he had been only working at the store for a few weeks.
A Pathmark worker said she steered clear of Tyler. "The way he looked at me, he gave me an uneasy vibe," she said.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition September 1, 2012 A24
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