Tennessee leaders were heartbroken to learn the news that the latest in America’s mass shooting epidemic had occurred in Collierville. Here’s what they’re saying:

US Senator for Tennessee Bill Hagerty told Fox 13 on Thursday that now is not the time to discuss gun control. “The time right now is to be mourning and supporting those families that have been affected,” he said. “I’m a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, but even more important right now is to help the families cope with losses they’re suffering.”Tennessee is one a number of states that allows most adults to carry a gun without a background check or permit.

One victim is in surgery and another is in a local intensive care unit, Collierville police chief Dale Lane told reporters on Thursday in an evening press conference, likely the last official update on today’s mass shooting at a Kroger grocery store in Tennessee.

Two people died in the rampage—one victim, and the shooter, via a self-inflicted gun wound—and at least 14 others were injured. There are few other new details about the shooting which have been released.

Officials suggested there was likely just one shooter, according to witness testimony from the crime scene. Police haven’t said what type of weapon was used in the killing, or how many.

Chief Lane disproved a theory that had been circulating on social media that the shooter may have been hiding on the roof of the store. He told the assembled crowd that he personally was involved in rescuing the individual in question, who was a Kroger employee. Officials also said it appeared no children were harmed in the shooting.

As promised, police are giving more updates on their investigation into the shooting at a Collierville, Tennessee, Kroger grocery store which killed two people, including the shooter, and injured at leasts 14. A live feed of the press conference can be found below.

Today’s shooting in Collierville eerily echoes another shooting from earlier this year. In March, a gunman opened fire in a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store chain called King Soopers that’s owned by Kroger, killing 10 people before he was taken into custody. Here was our coverage of that shooting.

“We are deeply saddened by the incident that occurred at our Kroger store located on New Byhalia Rd. in Collierville, TN – a suburb of Memphis.

The entire Kroger family offers our thoughts, prayers and support to the individuals and families of the victims during this difficult time.

We are cooperating with local law enforcement, who have secured the store and parking lot. The store will remain closed while the police investigation continues, and we have initiated counselling services for our associates.

To protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation, we are referring questions to the Collierville Police Department.”

A survivor of the mass shooting at a grocery store in Collierville, Tennessee has described seeing her colleagues getting shot in the head and stomach.

The woman, who works at the store and was still wearing her blue Kroger apron, said: “One of my coworkers got shot in the head, and a customer got shot in the stomach and in the arm.

“Another one of my coworkers got a little cut on top of his eye from the asphalt…

“I couldn’t see [how it happened] because I was ducking and he was on top of – everybody was covered.”

Tennessee become the latest state to allow most adults 21 and older carry handguns without first clearing a background check and training after governor Bill Lee signed the measure into law in April.

“I signed constitutional carry today because it shouldn’t be hard for law-abiding Tennesseans to exercise their (Second Amendment) rights,” said Lee, a Republican approaching his reelection campaign for 2022, in a tweet.

Lee initially proposed the National Rifle Association-backed legislation last year before the COVID-19 pandemic caused lawmakers to narrow their focus. He renewed that effort when lawmakers returned for this year’s legislative session, where the GOP-controlled General Assembly easily advanced the measure to his desk.

The measure applies to firearms that are concealed and ones that are openly carried.

Nationwide, at least six states are also weighing similar measures this year, with supporters eager to join nearly 20 others that currently don’t require permits for concealed carry. Meanwhile, more than 30 states allow for permitless open carry.

Asked whether recent mass shootings in Georgia Colorado and others gave him any concern about timing, Lee has previously said the increased penalties mean that “we in fact will be strengthening laws that would help prevent gun crimes in the future.” Associated Press.

Jim Strickland, the mayor of Memphis, released the following statement:

“Our hearts go out to our neighbours in Collierville who are facing the pain of this tragic event in their community. I want to thank our police and fire departments who answered the call to assist. We pray for the victims and their families.”

Collierville town spokesperson Jennifer Casey updated the number of total injured to 14 and one killed, according to CNN.