Posted on 06/12/2021 1:08:42 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. – Detectives believe the Publix murder-suicide was a random act by a mentally ill man who had made online threats, and that a grandmother fighting back may have saved other lives, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.
Timothy J. Wall, 55 of Loxahatchee, is the man authorities say killed a woman and her nearly 2-year-old grandson before taking his own life in the frightening supermarket shooting Thursday morning.
Investigators say Wall walked into the Publix at 1180 Royal Palm Beach Boulevard in Royal Palm Beach about 20 minutes after the woman and child, using a golf club putter as a cane. Palm Beach Sheriff Ric Bradshaw says the woman had stepped away from her shopping cart for just a second to get an item when Wall attacked at 11:34 a.m.
“He takes out his gun and he fires one round killing the child,” PBSO Maj. Talal Masri said. “Grandma instinctively jumps in to try and stop him, she struggles with him. His gun jams but he’s able to overpower her push her to the ground and he shoots her down while she’s on the ground.”
Wall then turned the gun on himself, investigators say.
PBSO believes the 69-year-old woman fighting back allowed other people time to flee the store and escape more potential bloodshed.
The young boy was to turn 2 later this month. His grandmother was a retired registered nurse. Authorities have not released either of the victims’ names.
The woman’s son, and the deceased boy’s father, is a civilian employee with the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department. He’s an evidence specialist who has worked for the agency for more than 20 years. He had to come to the scene Thursday to identify the bodies of his son and his mother.
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Bad link. Seen a lot of that lately.
Source for her photo: https://twitter.com/IanMargolWPLG/status/1403467220437635093
It’s not working? It works for me...
Here’s the link I have:
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/06/11/timothy-wall-identified-as-publix-gunman-its-awful-shoppers-say/
His ‘Preview’ when trying to link pics.
I’m not posting a photo of the killer, but anyone can view it here:
https://heavy.com/news/timothy-j-wall/
That showed her pic. Disgusting murder.
Oh... The photo doesn’t appear? I don’t know how to fix that.
But her photo is at this link: https://twitter.com/IanMargolWPLG/status/1403467220437635093
So sad for the little boy and his grandma.
This site’s inline imaging, while needing http links, basically doesn’t work anymore.
35 years ago an elderly man snapped one day and went to our nearest Winn Dixie and started shooting......killing and injuring many
He went across the street to Publix but they were able to lock and secure the door......allowing customers to take cover
He went to prison, waiting for execution but I believe in died in jail of natural causes
We’ve since moved but the town was small and those two stores were on a main thoroughfare through the center of it........
My children and I had just crossed through ( after getting them from school)and almost stopped at the Publix but I changed my mind at the last second
Amen
Yes, that is heartbreaking. Can’t even imagine...
So many close calls in life... Thank goodness you decided not to stop there that day.
“He had to come to the scene Thursday to identify the bodies of his son and his mother.”
Worst day ever.
scumbag facebook is busy with their woke agenda and could give a crap about Americans. Social media should be linked up to authorities that will act when threats of this nature are posted but they would rather continue with their anti American garbage
Thank you!
I pray for the Dad and the family.
When my husband came home ( he drives by there as well and almost stopped) we all had a huge hug fest!.....and tears
Why do people in red states not carry when they are completely able to do so befuddled me.
Madmen and women are everywhere. Act wisely. Our safety is up to us.
Granted, she may not have been able to stop the murder of her grandson, but she may have been able to stop him from killing her.
Wake up America, they walk among us all the time.
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