The woman was the only person injured late Thursday when 25-year-old Ronald Ray Mosley II walked into the store's office where employees were meeting, told everyone to line up against a wall and shot the victim. At that moment, another female employee fled the room and called 911. That employee then saw the shooter leave the room, so she ran back in, helped the victim into another room and locked the door.
“I have no doubt that he was going back to finish what he started and we would probably have a dead victim today instead of one that’s alive," Bolin said at a press conference Friday.
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She said Mosley had previously worked at the store in the city in southwest
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The gunman was identified as Ronald Ray Mosley II by Sgt.
Officer
“There were multiple officers looking for the offender. And he could come around the corner at any time," said Merriss, who described the body camera footage as “eerie.”
Merriss said that, according to body camera footage reviewed by police, Mosley tried to exit the store but was confronted at the door by officers. Mosley then went back inside and was fatally shot during a gunfire exchange.
“When officers went in, they were trying to locate the suspect and he was all over the store. He would shoot at officers and move. So it wasn’t contained to just one area inside,” she said.
Gray said that police did not immediately know how many people, aside from the female employee, that Mosley had shot, saying there could have been additional victims who fled the scene.
Mosley was charged with four misdemeanor counts of battery in May after he allegedly attacked four co-workers at the
Mosley, who was a store employee at the time, was walking through the store in May when he reportedly passed a fellow worker and called him a “snake.” When the coworker told Mosley to “grow up,” Mosley reportedly punched the worker in the face and threw him to the ground, records show.
Mosley told police he “blacked out” after that, but the affidavit states that he subsequently attacked three other coworkers on
The case was eventually deferred to Vanderburgh County’s mental health court. Mosely was scheduled to appear for a progress hearing on Thursday afternoon, but court records do not indicate whether he showed up.
Police have not said what type of weapon was used or how it was obtained.
After the May incident at the store, red flag court proceedings were not initiated against Mosley in that battery case,
A news conference was planned for Friday afternoon, the city’s police department said in a tweet.
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