Updated 10:45 a.m. Monday.

MARION — A man wounded his girlfriend and her father before turning the gun on himself in the parking lot of a store in Marion Sunday evening, authorities said.

The shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. at the Dollar General store located at 5938 Dale Drive.

Marion Police Chief Randall Davis said the woman and her father were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The woman was not an employee of the store, Davis said. The identity of the boyfriend was not released. 

Davis said Monday morning there were no updates on the condition of the victims.

Davis said he wasn’t sure what led to the shooting, but the case is being investigated.

“Any time a situation like this during the holidays, it’s not good at all with somebody to lose their life,” said Davis.

Marion Alderwoman Rita Rawson said she had just stopped at the store when she heard something like fireworks, and thought it could be gunshots. She went back to her car and called 911, then realized the man was only 10 feet away.

Rawson said she saw anger on his face and the man shooting into a car as a woman was trying to drive away.

“No one was prepared for this,” Rawson said.

Rawson said she entered the store and heard gunshots as she was trying to get people into the manager’s office for safety. Rawson described how people in the store were scared, not knowing what was going to happen next.

Rawson called her husband to let him know that she was OK, and there was a lot of calling and texting during the incident.

Rawson said the shooting was a shock to see in a small community such as Marion. The Marion Police Department works hard to make sure things are OK, in the community, she said.

Rawson commended the Marion Police and Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department for arriving at the scene and handling the situation.

The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office is assisting the Marion Police Department in the case.