PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) - A pastor says a man who shot and wounded a supervisor at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. distribution center in Virginia had issues with her.

But Bishop Thurman L. Hargrove says Melvin D. Taylor Jr.'s family believes he didn't plan to kill the woman.

Hargrove tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch ( http://bit.ly/wj3Dpc) that he knew Taylor for years and the family is close-knit. He says the family doesn't know what the issues were but they didn't believe Taylor would become violent.

Police say the 33-year-old Petersburg man killed himself after he shot his supervisor in the leg on Wednesday. Taylor had worked at the center in Petersburg for nine years. The supervisor hasn't been identified.

Dinwiddie County sheriff's Maj. William Knott says police haven't established a motive for the shootings.

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Information from: Richmond Times-Dispatch, http://www.timesdispatch.com

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