Shooting at North Olmsted Giant Eagle
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (WJW) – A Giant Eagle store in North Olmsted will remain closed Monday, following a deadly shooting at the store on Sunday.
Police say it was an apparent murder-suicide.
The incident involved a divorced couple, with the shooter identified as Edward Smith, 60, and the female victim as Susan Petterson, 63, an employee of the store, North Olmsted police say.
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Police believe the couple’s divorce in 2004 was potentially the motive for the shooting.
The shooting happened around 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
Around 67 employees and 200 customers were at the store when the shooting took place.
Police say they arrived on the scene within less than a minute of calls to 911, and are thankful no one else was hurt.
Source: WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland
