MILWAUKEE - A man opens fire in a busy grocery store, and surveillance cameras capture the whole thing on tape.

It happened inside the Village Food and Liquor in Milwaukee.

The shooting happened in the afternoon inside Village Food and Liquor. The store was busy at the time the gunfire was exchanged. The entire shooting was caught on surveillance tape.

Workers say it all started when the suspect tried to steal something. The suspect and clerk started fighting. The clerk grabbed a baseball bat, trying to fend off the suspect. The clerk says the suspect left and came back with a gun.

The suspect approached the clerk at the counter with that gun. That's when the clerk got his gun.

As the suspect left, he started shooting at the clerk. The clerk stuck his arm out a doorway with his gun and started shooting back.

The clerk says he fired 12 shots in self defense.

Customers can't believe what happened.

“Innocent people could have got shot as well. My child…me and my son come here and shop all the time,” Trent Towers said.

One customer was almost caught in the cross fire. Other customers saw the man come in with the gun and quickly ran out of the store. Others appeared to continue to shopping.

According to the clerk, the man was dropped off by a group of people. After the shooting, they left him, and he took off on foot.

The suspect is still out there and police are trying to track him down.

There are still bullet holes visible in the store. Amazingly, no workers or customers were hurt.

The clerk says he wasn't arrested or cited because he was shot in self defense.

After looking at the surveillance video, it is amazing no one was hurt.