Jamaican commits murder-suicide in US Home Depot

NEW YORK, United States — A Home Depot employee who shot his supervisor before committing suicide inside the Manhattan store Sunday has been identified as Jamaican-born Calvin Esdaile.

According to the Associated Press (AP), police say Esdaile entered the West 23rd Street store around 2:45 pm. They say he exchanged words with his supervisor Moctar Sy and then pulled a gun, shooting Sy in the abdomen and chest.

AP reports that the gunman then shot himself in the head. It remained unclear Monday what the argument was about.

About 70 employees were allegedly in the store. No one else was injured.

The NY Daily News reports that Esdaile’s father said his son is a Jamaican who had been living in Brooklyn since he arrived in the US in 2006.