The Clackamas Fred Meyer store went on lockdown Tuesday after one customer shot another in a grocery checkout line.

The gunshot victim, who was not identified, suffered non-life threatening leg injuries.

Clackamas County sheriff's deputies arrested a suspect. He suffered a non-life threatening head wound in a struggle with another customer, officials said. The gunman was not identified.

Sgt. Adam Phillips, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spokesman, said investigators are reviewing surveillance video to determine exactly what happened. He called the incident "shocking," saying that a neighborhood department store would be the last place to expect violence.

"Your grocery store, your park, the local bank -- it's going to be shocking if something like this happens there," Phillips said.

The store reopened at about 8:15 p.m.

According to preliminary reports, a family was in line at the grocery checkout at the Clackamas Fred Meyer store,

, around 3:40 p.m., when they noticed a man in line behind them trying to watch them enter their personal identification number into the store's computers. An argument then erupted and a single shot was fired.

"I was helping a customer when I heard a loud gunshot," said one store employee. "Then I saw people running."

Preliminary reports indicated that other customers in the store overwhelmed the gunman, disarmed him and detained him until deputies arrived. However, Phillips said he could not confirm those details until the videos are reviewed.

Phillips said counselors with the Trauma Intervention Program are on the scene, offering counseling to anyone upset by the incident.

Melinda Merrill, Fred Meyer's director of public affairs, said counselors have been made available to employees and customers.

"This just doesn't happen very often, and it's a hard thing to see," Merrill said.

She said it was the first shooting inside a Fred Meyer store since she joined the company seven years ago.

Merrill applauded the response by sheriff's deputies and by store employees, securing the scene in a crisis and making sure that everyone was guided safely away from the grocery area.

"The employees, from all appearances, responded by the book," Merrill said. "By their adrenaline and impulse, they responded well."

Rachel Stark of The Oregonian contributed to this report.



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