Victor Lee Tucker, Jr.
According to the GBI, Tucker got into an argument with a cashier at the Big Bear grocery store, 2849 Candler Road in Decatur, around 1 p.m. about his face mask. Tucker left the store without making his purchase, but immediately returned inside. Tucker walked directly back to the cashier, pulled out a handgun and shot her, the GBI said in a news release. Tucker then began shooting at Deputy Danny Jordan, 54, who was working off duty. The deputy and Tucker exchanged gunfire, and both were wounded during the shootout. Two responding DeKalb County Police Department (DKPD) officers arrested Tucker as he was attempting to crawl out of the front door of the supermarket.
Laquitta Willis, a 41-year-old female cashier, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead, authorities said.
A second cashier was grazed by a bullet. She was treated for her injury on the scen
Authorities said Jordan has been released from the hospital.