Man shoots woman and himself at US store.

A bustling Nordstrom store packed with holiday
shoppers became the scene of a deadly shooting
Friday night when a man shot a woman and
then himself, Chicago officials said.

Panicked Black Friday shoppers bolted when
gunfire rang out in the crowded store. The
gunman entered the store and targeted “his
girlfriend or ex-girlfriend” on the second floor,
according to John Escalante, the Chicago police
chief of detectives.

The man died and the woman was critically
injured, said spokesman Larry Langford of the
Chicago Fire Department. The woman, a
seasonal employee at the store, was taken to
the Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

The
gunman died at the scene. “I’m a big guy, and
people were knocking me over,” shopper Scott
Balloch told CNN affiliate WLS. “My feeling was
just get the hell out of there.”

Nordstrom said that store will remain closed
until further notice, according to the affiliate.