A gunman has filmed himself opening fire in a supermarket after hunting around the store for 'someone good' - and failing to hit them.

Richard Klaff, 20, broadcast the shooting live on Facebook as he prepared for and carried out the attack on a Kroger in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

He began about 6.15pm on Thursday by lighting up a cigar in a bathroom upstairs from the Georgetown Kroger, claiming 'I'm gonna shoot 11 people... watch'.

He cocked the pistol several times before heading downstairs and wandering around the supermarket looking for the right target.

'Which one am I gonna choose? Let me find someone good real quick, I ain't gonna kill no old-a** man,' he said.

Klaff bragged about walking through a supermarket with a gun and flashed it to the camera in one of the aisles.

'I'm going out with a bang... baby watch,' he said.

Klaff eventually spotted a black woman at what appeared to be a deli or bakery counter, and marked her for death.

'Oh yeah, I see one, I see one,' he said, then fired six rounds at her, all of which missed and no one was injured.

Klaff's chosen target raised fears that the shooting was racially motivated, but it was not clear whether this was the case, or if she was the first black shopper he saw.

Klaff's last post on Facebook, where his profile is named 'Justa Badperson', reads 'this s**t don't stop n***as be h*es'.

Another disturbing post showed him wearing a hoodie while holding an assault rifle, though it was not clear if it was a real firearm.

'We are deeply saddened by the incident at our E State Boulevard store in Fort Wayne,' Kroger said.

'We are cooperating with the investigation by local law enforcement, and we have initiated counseling services for our associates. Plans to reopen the store will be announced later.

For now, to protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation, we are referring questions to the Fort Wayne Police Department.'

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 700 President Tracy Bartak said employees would be provided with counselling.

'Our hearts go out to all of our Kroger family who were affected by tonight's shooting. Store 425 will be closed the rest of tonight and tomorrow,' she said.

'Beginning Friday, mental health counselors will be available free of charge for anyone in need both in person at the store as well as via phone or FaceTime.' 

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