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One Killed, Two Injured in Shooting Spree at a Supermarket on New York's Long Island

The shooting caused nearby schools to go into lockdown and local residents to stay sheltered in their homes as police searched for the suspect.
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On Tuesday, the Nassau County Police Department announced that they had apprehended and taken into custody a man suspected of shooting people at a supermarket in West Hempstead on New York’s Long Island that killed one person and hospitalized two others.

“The #NassauCountyPD can confirm that the subject has been apprehended and taken into custody. Our thoughts are with those who were killed and injured today,” reads a tweet from the Nassau County Police Department’s official Twitter page.

On Tuesday morning, police said that a grocery store employee was killed and two others wounded in a shooting at a Stop & Shop on New York's Long Island.

At the time of the announcement the suspect had not yet been apprehended and police had asked area residents to remain indoors.

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