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Man and woman shot, killed in Oakland Safeway

The Associated Press
Tuesday July 16, 2002

OAKLAND — A man and woman were shot and killed Monday morning in a Safeway grocery store in what police called a murder-suicide. 

The woman was a manager at the store. Her name has not been released, but police spokesman George Phillips said she was in her 40s. 

The man, who was in his 20s, was also an employee at the store. 

The shooting happened at 9:20 a.m. in a rear storage area at the store on Grand Avenue. 

Phillips said police are still looking for a motive.