Schnucks grocery store shooting leads to 20 year old St Louis man going by the name of Henry shot dead

Missouri authorities are looking for assistance in identifying a 'person of interest' in connection with the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man inside a St. Louis grocery store on Sunday.

According to St. Louis police, officers responded to the gunshot shortly after 3 p.m. at Schnucks City Plaza, located in the 3400 block of Union Boulevard near the intersection with Natural Bridge Avenue.

A shop security guard stated that the incident occurred in the vegetable area. On Monday, police claimed a 20-year-old male got into a confrontation with an unnamed man inside the store. The unidentified man then pulled out his revolver and shot the 20-year-old.

KSDK reports that the suspected shooter fled and is still at large.

While authorities declined to identify the victim’s name, social media identified the victim by his first name, Henry.

‘It’s traumatizing,’ said Bridgett Battle, who was inside shopping with her children when she heard multiple gunshots. ‘Everybody and the kids don’t need to see this.’

‘He got shot … on the side of his chest,’ Battle told KDSK. ‘He was trying to keep his eyes open but it didn’t work at all. He ended up dying on the floor. All the blood came out of his body.’

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Show Me Peace, a community violence intervention group, arrived on scene shortly after the shooting to try to help deescalate the situation.

On Monday, the group returned to the store to express their presence and inform others that this violence is not usual.

A Schnucks spokesman confirmed that the business was closed following the shooting. It reopened Monday at 8 a.m.

'The Schnucks security team collaborates with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. We will defer additional comment to them,' the official stated.

On Monday, authorities released a photo and video of a person of interest in the shootings. Anyone with information is asked to call homicide detectives at 314-444-5371 or Crime Stoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477).