At least 10 people are dead and another three wounded after a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, that authorities said was a "racially motivated hate crime.".
The guard shot and struck the suspect, but without effect due to the body armor, police said.
Four of the shooting victims were store employees, while the rest were customers, authorities said.
The Buffalo police officer working security was among those killed, according to a law enforcement official.
The scene is no longer active and no other suspects are outstanding, a law enforcement official said.
Early indications are the shooter may have possessed extremist beliefs cultivated online, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
"Like too many communities in our nation, we've been impacted by the horror [of] a mass shooting. »