VIRGINIAWALMART UPDATE: Shooter was an employee of Walmart store in Chesapeake, per local police
An employee of a Walmart store in Chesapeake, Virginia, opened fire on colleagues Tuesday evening, killing six people and wounding four more at the retail outlet before turning the gun on himself, the city's Police Chief Mark Solesky said Wednesday morning.
Solesky said the suspected employee was found dead of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. He said a pistol was used in the shooting. The suspect was not identified, pending notification of his next of kin, according to the police chief. Law enforcement, including the FBI, work the scene of a mass shooting at a Walmart, November 23, 2022, in Chesapeake, Virginia.The shooting occurred inside the store, Kosinksi said Tuesday evening, although at least one body was found outside. According to Walmart's website, the store was open to customers at the time of the shooting.
Another man said in a video he was among the Walmart employees inside the store when the shooting began, Pegues reports. Kosinksi said a"reunification site" was established at the Chesapeake Conference Center, which a city Twitter account said was"for immediate family members or the emergency contact of those who may have been in the building."were killed and another 17 wounded
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