A line-cutting dispute inside a Kroger Thursday night escalated into a robbery attempt with one man being shot to death by a security guard.
A man was shot dead in an Ohio Kroger parking lot Thursday night, and police believe it may have been a result of a line-cutting argument inside the grocery store a few minutes earlier.
Columbus police responded to the shooting at about 10:15 p.m. at the Kroger in northeast Columbus. Officers found one person who had been shot. He died about an hour later at a hospital.Columbus Police Homicide Det. Chris Journey said a private security guard intervened during the line-cutting dispute, but a short time later a man retaliated against a customer involved in that incident by attempting to rob that person in the parking lot.
The man fired shots, Journey said, which led the security guard to shoot and kill the man. The guard, who has not been publicly identified, told detectives he acted in self-defense, Journey said. Police found “multiple weapons” in the parking lot, but homicide investigators didn’t provide details on what they recovered.
Investigators were seeking at least one additional person involved in the parking lot confrontation and earlier argument.The security officer works for a private company, not the store or CPD, WSYX confirmed. It's not clear if the security guard will face any charges, but if he does, they could come from the prosecutor's office.
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