Early-morning supermarket shooting: Ex-Marine kills 2 co-workers, then himself in Old Bridge

Published: Saturday, September 01, 2012, 6:00 AM

By Tom Haydon, Jessica Calefati and Mike Frassinelli/The Star-Ledger

OLD BRIDGE — Three years ago, when he was a Marine, Terence Tyler tweeted what would become an ominous warning for the future.

"I c y (people) go on violent killin sprees ... I reallly do," he wrote in a Twitter post dated Nov. 12, 2009.

Friday, he really did go on a violent killing spree, authorities said.

Dressed in desert camouflage clothing and carrying two weapons, including one similar to an AK-47 assault rifle, Tyler returned from his break at the Old Bridge Pathmark on Route 9, walked in and started firing at fellow employees working the graveyard shift, prosecutors said.

Then he walked through the aisles, firing at will and killing two of his coworkers while 11 others ran for cover, prosecutors said.

After firing 16 rounds from the assault rifle, Tyler pulled out a .45-caliber pistol and shot himself to death, prosecutors said.

The shooting took place at 3:50 a.m. while the workers were restocking shelves for store’s 6 a.m. opening.

Tyler, 23, a Marine who was discharged two years ago with a notation that he suffered from "major depression," family members said, had worked at the supermarket only 11 days.

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