TOTAL CHAOS CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Armed Teens Open Fire Inside Grocery Store As Shoppers Dive For Cover

A chilling glimpse into the collapse of public safety is going viral after newly released surveillance footage shows a brazen shooting erupting inside a grocery store in Germantown, sending terrified families scrambling for their lives in what should have been a routine shopping trip.

The incident unfolded around 8:40 p.m. on March 20 inside a Giant Food store, a place where residents expect safety, not gunfire echoing through aisles packed with unsuspecting customers.

But that illusion shattered in seconds.

According to police, 19-year-old Marcus Isaiah Jovon Braithwaite and 16-year-old Demba Tandia allegedly hunted down another teenager through the store, weapons drawn, turning a grocery run into a war zone.

The footage is as disturbing as it is revealing.

A young victim can be seen sprinting past checkout lanes filled with shoppers, as chaos erupts behind him, gunfire ringing out while innocent bystanders are caught in the crossfire. Bullets reportedly struck nearby objects as panicked customers ducked, scattered, and fled for safety.

This wasn’t a back alley incident, this was inside a major retail chain, in plain sight, with families and children just feet away.

The victim was struck and injured, adding yet another name to the growing list of Americans caught in the surge of violent incidents spilling into everyday spaces.

Investigators say one of the suspects even dropped a cellphone while fleeing, a detail that underscores the frantic, reckless nature of the incident as suspects attempted to escape the scene they had just turned into a battlefield.

Authorities moved quickly in the aftermath.

Tandia, despite being just 16, is being charged as an adult and was arrested March 25 in Sterling, Virginia, where he now awaits extradition. Braithwaite was taken into custody days later on March 31 in Germantown and is currently being held pending a bond hearing.

Both suspects are expected in court on Thursday, but for many residents, the arrests do little to calm growing fears.