Two people are dead and three others are injured following a workplace shooting in Chester, Pennsylvania.
The incident occurred at around 8.30am on Wednesday at Delaware County Linen, a family-owned linen business located approximately 30 minutes away from Philadelphia.
The Delaware county district attorney, Jack Stollsteimer, said at a press conference on Wednesday: “A disgruntled employee has walked into a linen shop … and shot five people, five co-workers,” per NBC 10. Stollsteimer added that the shooting occurred inside and outside the business and that a handgun was used.
A suspect was arrested in Trainer, a city near Chester and was taken into custody, the Chester police commissioner, Steven Gretsky, said. Police said the suspect attempted to flee the scene in a black Hyundai but was stopped by a police officer. The suspect has not been publicly identified by authorities.