Two people shot dead in murder-suicide at Manhattan Home Depot

wo Home Depot employees died this afteoon in what appears to be a murder-suicide shooting at a store in New York City. 

A police source says a 31-year-old employee shot his 38-year-old male supervisor before tuing the gun on himself to commit suicide, the New York Daily News reports.

Witnesses told the New York Post that they heard someone scream 'F*** you' before shots rang out around 2:40pm at the location on West 23rd Street in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. 

A 50-year-old Bronx resident told the Daily News that he was an aisle away from where the shooting happened, and that store employees gave him an explanation for what caused the dispute.

'From what I’m hearing from employees it was a disgruntled worker who came to shoot his supervisor after he got fired,' the man told the Daily News.

The store was then evacuated as SWAT teams arrived and combed the scene. 

Suspect: The shooter has been identified as Calvin 'Kirk' Esdaile by friends on social media 

Tragedy: The victim has been identified by social workers and friends on social media as Moctar Sy 

'It was crazy,' shopper Susan Lowry told the Post. 'Some people jumped on the floor, others hid behind aisles or ran for the exits.'

The shooter was found dead at the scene while the other victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he later died.

A store employee told the Post that one of the victims was a co-worker who had just retued from a trip to visit his wife and child in France.

'I heard about some shots towards the back of the store. It sounded like 4 or 5 shots. 

'I heard someone yell, "Oh, my God, he’s dead!" It was on the main floor near the lighting department.

'What is the world coming to? This is so beyond words. Everyone was running and screaming and ducking,' the employee said.