3 dead in U.S. Florida supermarket shooting

Three people, including a child, were killed in a shooting inside a Publix supermarket chain store in southeastern U.S. state Florida on Thursday, reported Xinhua, quoting local media.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said the shooter is among those dead, which include a man, a woman and a child.

The store's parking lot was blocked off with crime scene tape and multiple patrol cars from the sheriff's office following the shooting, local media outlet WPEC reported.

A nearby middle school is on a temporary lockdown as a result of the shooting, according to the WPEC report.