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The owner of a business across from the Fred Meyer that was the scene of the shooting on Monday has described how he helped shoppers hide from the shooting suspect. 

Robert Cronkite told NewsNationNow in an interview that his employees witnessed “the terror in the eyes of these people that came and took cover in my shop,” and who were asking to get out of the way.

“I never seen terror in anyone’s eyes quite like what I saw today, it was quite something,” said the store owner, who also described helping a mother holding her child and who was crying, hide from the suspect.

“So I stopped them up and said please come into the shop”.

A fundraiser for the 38-year-old shooting victim Justin Krumbah has raised more than $14,000 since yesterday’s attack at a Fred Meyer hypermarket in Richland, Washington.

In a message on the GoFundMe page for Krumbah, a friend of the victim’s sister said “I didn’t get the opportunity to meet him, but I do know his sister Krista. She is an amazing person and have heard nothing but good things about Justin! If you can please help, it would be appreciated”.

Krumbah was reportedly known to employees at the hypermarket where the shooting took place, who said he will be remembered fondly, as YakTriNews reported.

A 39-year-old man has been arrested roughly 150 miles away from the scene of the shooting in Richland, a city in Benton County, southeast of the US state, on Monday.

The Richland Police Department said on Tuesday morning that a suspect, Christopher Kelly, was arrested on Interstate 90 between Sprague and the City of Spokane, and was taken back to Benton County.

He remains behind bars with charges of murder in the first degree and attempted murder in the first degree filed against him, according to police.

Fred Meyer, the hypermarket superstore chain that was at the centre of a shooting in Richland, Washington, has issued a statement of its own.

The statement said Fred Meyer was “deeply saddened” by the incident that occurred at one of its stores on Monday, when a 39-year-old man allegedly shot another fatally.

A Fred Meyer employee was also reportedly injured and the chain said it was cooperating fully with the police investigation, which is ongoing:

Police earlier identified the two victims of the shooting as 38-year-old Justin Krumbah, who was killed in the incident, and an unnamed employee of the Fred Meyer store who is in hospital in a critical condition.

No other people were injured in the incident, Richland Police commander Chris Lee said.

The Tri-City Herald reported that Krumbah, a White male, was a customer at the store and that he and the shooter had an “interaction” before the latter opened fire.

Police arrested a suspect, Aaron Christopher Kelly, 39, on Interstate 90 northeast of Richland “without incident”, police said.

Richland police have now arrested the suspect they believe to be behind the shooting at a Fred Meyer.

In a Facebook post the police said: “39-year-old Aaron Christopher Kelly has been taken into custody without incident.”

“Kelly was arrested on Interstate 90 between Sprague and the City of Spokane.”

Police said that Mr Kelly will be transported back to the Tri-Cities and booked into the Benton County Jail on charges of first degree murder and first degree attempted murder.

Earlier a nationwide arrest warrant for $1m had been issued by the police.

Police have identified Aaron Christopher Kelly as the suspect believed to be behind the multiple person shooting at a Fred Meyer in Richland, Washington.

In a Facebook post the Richland police department said: “39-year-old Aaron Christopher Kelly has been identified as the suspect in the shooting on 2/7 at the Richland Fred Meyer.”

“This shooting resulted in the death of 38-year-old Justin Krumbah.”

Police said that the hunt is on for Mr Kelly to take him into custody.

A first degree murder warrant has also been issued and Mr Kelly is believed to be driving a silver 2005 Honda Civic.

Police said that another victim who survived the shooting is in a critical condition in a nearby hospital.

A $1m nationwide arrest warrant has been issued for a suspect in Monday morning’s multiple-person shooting at a Fred Meyer store in Richland, Washington.

The warrant signed by judge Dave Peterson on Monday found probable cause for the arrest of 39-year-old Aaron Christopher Kelly, reported the Tri-city Herald.

Online court records show that Mr Kelly is charged in Benton County Superior Court with premeditated first-degree murder.

While Richland police department in their press briefing did not identify the shooter or the victims, an internal “officer safety” memo issued by Interim Police Chief Brigit Clary identifies Mr Kelly as a suspect in the shooting.

While the memo has not been made public by the police, residents have been posting it on their social media handles.

Mr Kelly has been described as 6-foot tall, weighing 190 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes.

At the press briefing on Monday, Richland police said that the are continuing to hunt for an “armed and dangerous” man. Josh Marcus reports

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The Fred Meyer where an individual shot two people on Monday in Richland, Washington, will remain closed overnight as police process the crime scene.

It will take at least 6 more hours to go through the store, according to Richland police chief Brigit Clary.