Child among 3 dead in Florida shooting

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

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

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.

Further details are awaited.

( With inputs from ANI )

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