{"id":343732,"date":"2021-09-24T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tennessee-kroger-attack-victim-described-as-thoughtful-widow-2\/"},"modified":"2021-09-24T16:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:13:00","slug":"tennessee-kroger-attack-victim-described-as-thoughtful-widow-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tennessee-kroger-attack-victim-described-as-thoughtful-widow-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tennessee Kroger attack victim described as &#8216;thoughtful&#8217; widow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Tennessee Kroger attack victim described as &#8216;thoughtful&#8217; widow<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The person who was killed by a mass shooter inside a Kroger supermarket in Tennessee has been identified by her family as a widow with three sons, two of whom are in the military, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia King was killed and 12 other people wounded when the shooter \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently an employee at the store in Collierville \u2014 opened fire Thursday before turning the gun on himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear friends, it is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that my mother has died to her wounds. I spoke directly to the trauma surgeon. She was shot directly in the chest,\u201d her son <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wes.king.5\/posts\/10106571755541276\">Wes King wrote on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEMTs attempted CPR until the hospital. They tried to save her at the hospital to no avail. I apologize for the graphic details, but this type of crime needs to stop being glossed over and sanitized. No one deserves this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>David Fraser, a friend of the murdered woman, said he went to the Regional One Hospital\u00a0on behalf of her family because she had no relatives in the area.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-68.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Law enforcement personnel work in front of a Kroger grocery store\" class=\"wp-image-19565016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-68.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-68.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-68.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Police Chief Dale Lane called the attack \u201cthe most horrific event that has occurred in Collierville history.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Mark Humphrey<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe was just sweet,\u201d Fraser <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/news\/2021\/09\/23\/collierville-kroger-shooting-olivia-king-killed-tennessee\/5837411001\/\">told the Commercial Appeal<\/a>, crying.<\/p>\n<p>His wife, Maureen Fraser, a member of Collierville\u2019s Board of Mayor and Aldermen, accompanied him the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKind, polite, thoughtful,\u201d she told the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> outlet. \u201cRemember when you were out of work and she gave us some money? Gave us an envelope with some money to help us at Christmas time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-63.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Collierville shooting victim Olivia King\" class=\"wp-image-19565030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-63.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-63.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-63.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Olivia King (center) was killed in the shooting and 12 others were injured.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The couple said King, who was originally from San Antonio, had previously worked as a financial secretary at a local school and often attended church.<\/p>\n<p>One of her sons serves in the Navy, another is in the Air Force and the third has just completed his doctorate, they told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>King\u2019s husband died years ago \u201cand she missed him so much,\u201d David added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A Kroger employee talks on a cellphone following a shooting at a Kroger's grocery store in Collierville, Tenn.\" class=\"wp-image-19565037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-69.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A Kroger employee talks on a cellphone following the shooting in Collierville, Tenn.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Patrick Lan<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>\/Daily Memphian via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur family is devastated by this senseless act of violence,\u201d King\u2019s family said in a statement Thursday night, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/local\/family-identifies-woman-killed-collierville-kroger-mass-shooting\/EAHSRJ3YZBFJVKWHSMCI4S5BEQ\/\">Fox 13 reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask that you pray for the repose of the soul of our mother, Olivia King. We also ask everyone for their prayers for all families and friends affected by the events today, as well as for God\u2019s mercy on the shooter and his family. Thank you,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>Maureen Fraser also shared her grief on Facebook.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-66.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Kroger shooting\" class=\"wp-image-19565044\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-66.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-66.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-66.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-66.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-66.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>The shooter was an employee who had been fired Thursday, WREG-TV reported,<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Mark Humphrey<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPlease pray for my dear friend Olivia King and her amazing sons and family. I will miss her terribly,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/maureen.fraser03\/posts\/10224078040072026\">she wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPray for our town and all of our first responders, many many years of training was put to the test today and they did an remarkable job, it could have been so much worse.<br \/>Continue to pray for several others who were shot and are currently in surgery. Pray for the health care providers. Pray for the Kroger employees,\u201d Maureen added.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrived on the scene almost immediately after the shooting in the town of about 50,000 people about 30 miles east of Memphis in southwestern Tennessee.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19565063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-64.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The shooter shot at others before turning the gun on himself.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Patrick Lantrip\/Daily Memphian via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe found people hiding in freezers and in locked offices. They were doing what they had been trained to do \u2014 run, hide, fight,\u201d Police Chief Dale Lane told reporters, calling the attack \u201cthe most horrific event that has occurred in Collierville history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shooter was an employee who had been fired Thursday, WREG-TV reported, citing an unnamed law enforcement source.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-67.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Law enforcement work in front of a Kroger grocery store\" class=\"wp-image-19565083\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-67.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-67.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-67.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-67.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/collierville-victim-67.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Police arrived on the scene almost immediately after the shooting,<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Mark Humphrey<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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