Virginia police: Multiple people killed in Walmart shooting

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UPDATED: 11/23/22 9:28AM

Associated Press CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) – A witness says a Walmart manager opened fire on fellow employees gathered in the break room of a Virginia store. Six people died in the country’s second high-profile mass shooting in a handful of days. Police said the gunman, who apparently shot himself, was dead when they found him. He apparently killed himself. There was no clear motive for the shooting. It left four people in the hospital. A shopper told a local TV station that the store was busy just before the shooting Tuesday night with people stocking up ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.


Original post: 11/23/22 2:30am

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — Virginia police said multiple people are dead and others are wounded after a shooting at a Virginia Walmart on Tuesday night. Chesapeake police spokesman MPO Leo Kosinski said in a briefing that officers responded to a report of a shooting at the Walmart on Sam’s Circle around 10:15 p.m. and as soon as they arrived they found evidence of a shooting. Police believe there was one shooter, who is dead, Kosinski said he did not have a number of dead, but said it was “less than 10, right now.

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