Virginia, USA: A gunman carried out mass shooting in a Walmart store located in Chesapeake, VA on Tuesday night. The shooter was found dead in the store later.
The man who was believed to be the store manager shot at least 6 people in the store. He later killed himself as well after carrying out the brutal act. The City of Chesapeake took twitter to verify the incident, “police confirm an active shooter incident with fatalities at the Walmart”.
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The Police responded and entered the Walmart store to find the evidences of the shooting with multiple people dead inside the store. According to the police, the mass shooting took place on Tuesday night at 10:12pm local time(03:12 GMT). Leo Kosinski, the Public Information Officer of the Chesapeake Police talked to the media over the incident. “We were able to find multiple fatalities and multiple injured parties,” Kosinski talking to the reporters present at the scene. Adding more, Kosinski said that the suspect was believed to have acted alone and was found dead inside the store premises.
Giving official updates through twitter, The City of Chesapeake tweeted that the police is continuing the investigation over the incident and more details will be out soon. The City of Chesapeake also took twitter to inform, “A news conference in response to the Walmart active shooter will be held at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, November 23 at the Public Safety Operations Center, 2130 S Military Hwy.” in regard to the incident. The details of the incident are awaited to be announced in the press conference.
Statements from the Eyewitnesses
The pictures doing rounds over the social media show heavy police presence on the shooting site. A Walmart employee who was an eye witness of the incident told the media that he lost a few associates in the incident. Talkimg about the number, he said that he still did not know how many of his colleagues were shot during the incident.
A woman named Joetta Jeffery, talking to CNN told that her mother was inside the building when the shooting took place. Her mother had managed to send her text messages informing her about the incident. Further, she told CNN that her mother was fortunately not hurt but was shocked after the incident.
Talking to Wavy TV another woman told the media that her brother who was an employee of the store was shot just 10 minutes after signing up for the job.
Official Statements
Responding to the tragic incident Walmart gave out an official statement as well. “We are shocked at this tragic event at our Chesapeake, Virginia store. We’re praying for those impacted, the community and our associates. We’re working closely with law enforcement, and we are focused on supporting our associates,” Walmart on twitter.
The State Senator of Virgina, Louise Lucas also took twitter to speak about the incident. Louise Lucas who represents the region tweeted that she was “Absolutely Heartbroken” hearing the news of the Mass shooting that took place in her district Chesapeake, Virgina tonight. She further added that she will not rest until solutions are found to end this gun violence epidemic that has taken so many lives all over the country.
The Mayor of Chespeake Rick West also gave out a statement.
More details of the Mass Shooting are expected to be out soon.
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