Southgate Kroger Marketplace closed after fatal stabbing

A 23-year-old Southgate man is useless after a stabbing at Kroger Market in Southgate, 16705 Fort St., on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 7, in keeping with police.

Officers responded to a report of a stabbing round 3:05 p.m. and located a sufferer with a number of stab wounds inside the shop, in keeping with a information launch from the Southgate Police Division.

Police started administering first assist on the scene, and the sufferer was transported to an area space hospital and later died, in keeping with the information launch.

“We’re deeply saddened by the incident that occurred at our retailer right this moment. … We’re working carefully with native legislation enforcement as they examine this matter. The protection of our prospects and associates stays our prime precedence,” a Kroger spokesperson advised the Free Press.

Southgate police mentioned the suspect, who was taken into custody on the scene, is an worker.

Police imagine the incident is remoted, in keeping with the information launch.

Police vehicles have been parked on the entrance to Kroger Market, and each entrances have been closed as of 4 p.m.

That is at the least the second stabbing in a public place in Macomb previously month, with a girl stabbed to dying at a Meijer gasoline station in Shelby Township on September 21.

This summer season, a mass crash at a Walmart in Traverse Metropolis in July left 11 individuals injured.

The Free Press will proceed to report on this ongoing story.