RALEIGH - Tariq Taylor, who in December shot three people at a Wendell grocery store before taking his own life, was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol during his rampage, according to a toxicology report released last week by the North Carolina Medical Examiners office.

Taylor on Dec. 7, followed 20-year-old Jason Jeffrey, to his job at the local Food Lion. Taylor, 21, and Jeffrey argued at the front of the store, where Taylor then drew a pistol and started shooting.

Taylor shot Jeffrey twice, but also hit Food Lion employees Chiquita Baker and Laquanda Beechum.

Beechum, 19, and Baker, 22, were taken to the hospital and released the next day.

Jeffrey, 20, took shots in his back and ankle. He remained in critical condition for several days before his health began to improve.

Taylor, after the shooting, fled into the woods. The next day, Wake County Sheriffs found Taylor dead in a barn on Marshburn Road from an apparent suicide.

Authorities did not disclose the condition of Taylor’s body upon its retrieval.

The N.C. Medical Examiner has not yet finished an autopsy of Taylor’s body.