(Updates with identities of gunmen, releads, adds info)
A homemade pipe bomb was found inside the white van the pair used to drive to the market and is being analyzed along with other evidence recovered at the scene of the attack, along with the vehicle, according to the FBI agent in charge of the case in
State Attorney General
Another victim, who was wounded, managed to escape the scene and will not be identified, Grewal said, adding that the motive and/or ideology behind the attack are still unknown, although federal and local authorities are working to clarify matters and to investigate the relationship of the shooters with the
Local media have reported that Anderson was a former follower of the Israeli black Jews movement, a theology dating from the 19th century, which has been designated a hate group by the
The two suspects allegedly killed a police detective in a nearby cemetery, then fled to the kosher grocery store, where they opened fire killing three civilians in
"After reviewing the (closed-circuit TV) cameras on the
He added that two police officers were walking one block away when they heard gunshots and responded to Tuesday's incident immediately.
"From what we can tell on the CC TV cameras, had they not responded and had they not been there in that location, more than likely more people would have died," Fulop said. "The reason why those perpetrators seemed to be inside that deli and not able to move potentially to the school or to inflict more harm was because the police responded immediately and returned fire."
Shea also said the cameras showed the incident began with the perpetrators opening fire at people inside the deli, adding that the two police posted a block away responded to the sound of gunfire, placed themselves in the line of fire and were wounded as a result.
"And within seconds, more
"Without that response ... with the amount of ammunition (the perpetrators) had, we have to assume they would have continued attacking human beings if we hadn't been there," Shea added.
Neither Fulop nor Shea would comment on the investigation, saying that was the purview of the
Seals was killed at a cemetery while approaching the suspects as part of a murder investigation, authorities said.
Two of the civilian victims have been identified as
Fulop told reporters that the state AG's office would provide further details from its investigation soon.
The sound of gunshots was heard for more than an hour from the kosher supermarket, located in the mainly Jewish Greenville neighborhood of
The ferocious battle prompted authorities to clear nearby streets and shut down public schools in the city, located just across the
During the press conference, Shea emphasized that he at no time did he use the words "anti-semitic" to describe the attack, adding that "the motives are still part of the investigation."
Fulop, who is Jewish, said for his part Wednesday on Twitter that people have "speculated that the actors were of the Muslim faith, but at this point there is zero indication to that being accurate."
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