Collierville Kroger shooting
The Collierville Kroger shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on September 23, 2021, at a Kroger grocery store in Collierville, Tennessee. One person was killed and 13 others were injured before the gunman, identified as 29-year-old Uk Thang, committed suicide by gunshot. Thang was working at the store as a third-party vendor. It was the second shooting in 2021 to occur at a Kroger-owned property; the first occurred at a King Soopers store in Boulder, Colorado, in March.
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The Kroger location two days after the shooting | |
Location | 240 New Byhalia Road, Collierville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Coordinates | 35°02′51″N 89°41′14″W |
Date | September 23, 2021 c. 1:30 – c. 1:34 p.m. (CDT) |
Target | Customers and staff at a Kroger grocery store |
Attack type | Mass shooting, murder–suicide, workplace shooting |
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Deaths | 2 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 14 (13 by gunfire) |
Perpetrator | Uk Thang |
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