World News | Woman Fatally Shot at Home Depot Store in Florida, Suspect is in Custody

Pensacola (FL), Aug 12 (AP) A man opened fire inside a Home Depot store in the Florida Panhandle on Friday, killing a woman, authorities said.

Deputies and police officers responding to the store in Pensacola found the woman fatally shot, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office said in a social media post.

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The suspect was taken into custody a short time later, according to the sheriff's office.

A spokeswoman for Home Depot said the woman was a third-party contractor.

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No further details were immediately provided. (AP)

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