2 dead in shooting at NYC Home Depot

Murder-suicide reported inside Manhattan store

2 dead in shooting at NYC Home Depot

Two people are dead following a shooting at a Home Depot store in Manhattan on Sunday afternoon, police say.

A spokeswoman for the NYPD told Yahoo News that both victims were male employees, and that an investigation was ongoing.

According to the Daily News, the gunman, 31, shot the victim, 38, before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide. An eyewitness told MSNBC that the shooter and victim knew each other.

Police investigate a shooting inside a Manhattan Home Depot. (Instagram/Marisa Cimarron)
Police investigate a shooting inside a Manhattan Home Depot. (Instagram/Marisa Cimarron)


At least one person was seen taken away from the store on a stretcher.

A victim is taken away via stretcher from Home Depot. (Instagram/Marisa Cimarron)
A victim is taken away via stretcher from Home Depot. (Instagram/Marisa Cimarron)


The shooting happened around 2:45 p.m., when customers and staffers were seen flooding out of the store onto 23rd Street.


According to one witness, the shooter opened fire near the cash registers on the second floor.


Witnesses say the midtown Home Depot was busier than usual Sunday as city residents stocked up ahead of the blizzard forecast for Monday.