Witnesses say woman at Taylor Kroger fired shots after fight in parking lot – The News Herald

June 18, 2024

A dispute over a near-miss between a driver backing out of a parking space at the Taylor Kroger and another driver backing into a parking space ended in a fight between two women, during which a shot may have been fired.

Police stormed the Kroger store (7000 Monroe Blvd.) on Tuesday afternoon after someone at the scene reported hearing a gunshot just as the altercation ended and a woman was leaving the property.

According to Taylor Police Lt. Frank Canning, the group that left the square before police arrived included a woman driving a newer model silver Cadillac.

He said she was the driver who was reversing out of a parking space.

Canning did not have a description of the other vehicle, but said the driver of the Cadillac was white and she was the only passenger in the car.

Canning said it appeared that the passenger in the car pulling into a parking space was the actual attacker in the incident.

According to police, the passenger got out of the car and approached the driver of the Cadillac, which led to a fight.

According to Canning, a customer in the parking lot broke up the fight.

As police approached the parking lot, the Cadillac driver stopped and witnesses said they believed they heard the gunshot at that moment.

The driver of the other vehicle stayed in the store and told police she also heard a gunshot.

Police searched the parking lot and found no bullet casings or evidence that a shot had been fired.

There is no video footage of the altercation and no one was injured.

Nevertheless, the police are trying to locate the Cadillac driver.

Police are currently accessing the Flock security cameras in the area, which record the license plates of passing motorists, to see if a vehicle matching that description may have been captured on camera during that time.

Canning said officers would like to speak to the woman who left the scene and asked her to come to the police station and give her side of the story.