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6 people gunned down by shooter at Virginia Walmart, police say

The shooter is also dead, police in Chesapeake, Va., said
A law enforcement officer guards an entrance at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., early Wednesday. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)

A law enforcement officer guards an entrance at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., early Wednesday. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)

A shooter opened fire in a Walmart in Virginia late Tuesday, leaving six people dead, police said, in the second high-profile mass killing in the U.S. in a handful of days. The assailant is also dead.

The store in Chesapeake is now safe, Officer Leo Kosinski said in the early hours of Wednesday.

The shooting came three days after a person opened fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado late Saturday, killing five people and wounding 17.

Earlier, Kosinski said he couldn't say how the gunman died but that he didn't believe police fired shots.

The shooting had apparently stopped when police arrived at the store in Chesapeake, which is Virginia's second-largest city and lies next to the seaside communities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach.

Several hospitalized

Mike Kafka, a spokesperson for Sentara Healthcare, said in a text message that five patients from the Walmart were being treated at Norfolk General Hospital. Their conditions weren't immediately available.

Walmart tweeted early Wednesday that it was "shocked at this tragic event."
 


U.S. Sen. Mark Warner said in a tweet that he was "sickened by reports of yet another mass shooting, this time at a Walmart in Chesapeake."

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin also expressed his condolences and said the state was prepared to assist with whatever resources were required in the investigation.

Earlier in the year, the country was shaken by mass shootings at a Buffalo grocery store and at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

Walmart stores in the U.S. have seen mass shootings before, most notably in 2019 when a gunman who police say was targeting Mexicans opened fire at a store in El Paso and killed 22 people. The accused was arrested but has yet to face trial in that case.


Author: Editors Desk

Source: CBC News:

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