Police: 'Miracle' more weren't shot by man with guns, armor

This Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 photo provided by the Cheektowaga Police department shows Travis Green, who has been arrested in the shooting in Cheektowaga, N.Y. Authorities say it's a "miracle" that more people weren't shot when Green, armed with two semi-automatic rifles, opened fire on a suburban Buffalo retail store, wounding one man before being tackled by police. (Cheektowaga Police Department via AP)
This Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 photo provided by the Cheektowaga Police department shows Travis Green, who has been arrested in the shooting in Cheektowaga, N.Y. Authorities say it's a "miracle" that more people weren't shot when Green, armed with two semi-automatic rifles, opened fire on a suburban Buffalo retail store, wounding one man before being tackled by police. (Cheektowaga Police Department via AP)

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) - Police called it a miracle that more people weren't hurt when a man wearing body armor and armed with two rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammo opened fire on a Dollar General store, wounding one man before being tackled by officers.

Investigators said Travis Green, 29, was initially unarmed when he walked into the store in this Buffalo suburb Tuesday afternoon before going back outside to his car, retrieving a pump-action, AR-15-style rifle and firing at least 20 bullets at the building. The only person hit was a 53-year-old man outside the store who suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his shoulder.

When police searched the gunman's car, they found 850 rounds and what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle with ammunition magazines.

"It is a miracle I'm not reading the names of the deceased," police Chief David Zack said in a news conference afterward. Considering the number of rounds that hit the store, he said, those inside "clearly were extremely lucky."

Zack called it an unprovoked attack. And while a motive was under investigation, he said: "I believe we would be safe in ruling out terrorism."

Green, from Buffalo, was arraigned Wednesday in town court on charges that included attempted murder, assault, criminal use of a firearm and resisting arrest. He pleaded not guilty and was ordered held in the Erie County Jail without bail. The name of his lawyer wasn't immediately available.