JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY — Investigators are not sure why two shooters launched a deadly attack at a New Jersey kosher grocery store, federal and state officials said on Wednesday. <br />Reuters reports that six people, including two shooters, three civilians and a police officer, died in a series of events that ended in a police shootout on Tuesday in Jersey City. <br />According to NBC News, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and other law enforcement leaders at the state and federal level held a press conference Wednesday to detail what took place during the incident. <br />According to Grewal, it is believed at some point Tuesday, 47-year-old David Anderson and 50-year-old Francine Graham encountered and killed Jersey City police Det. Joseph Seals in the Bayview Cemetery in Jersey City.<br />At roughly 12:21 p.m., a white U-Haul van driven by Anderson parked directly across the street from the JC Kosher Supermarket. <br />Seconds later, Anderson exited the driver side door armed with a rifle as he walked toward the supermarket and immediately began shooting. <br />Graham, who was sitting in the passenger's side of the van, then followed Anderson into the store. <br /><br />Inside the supermarket, the suspects encountered four civilians. Three of these civilians were killed and one survived a gunshot wound. <br />Around 12:38 p.m., a bystander called 911 to report Seals' body in the cemetery. <br />Grewal said that at approximately 12:43 p.m. Jersey City Police Department personnel arrived on scene and engaged the two suspects in an hours-long shootout. <br />At approximately 3:25 p.m., an armored police vehicle broke through the front of the supermarket. <br />Around 3:47 p.m., law enforcement discovered Anderson and Graham's bodies inside the supermarket. <br />According to NBC News, authorities are currently in the process of identifying all available video footage from the incident.
