A man on Tuesday shot and killed multiple people in a Walmart store in Virginia, police said, adding that the single suspect is also dead.
The violence in the city of Chesapeake came just before Americans celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.
“We were able to find multiple fatalities and multiple injured parties,” Chesapeake Police Department officer Leo Kosinski told reporters at the scene, adding that rapid response officers and tactical teams entered the store “immediately” after arriving on the scene.
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“We believe it is a single shooter and that single shooter is deceased at this time,” he said, without clarifying how the suspected shooter died.
Emergency calls were first made just after 10pm on Tuesday, while the store was still open.
News footage showed a major police presence at the scene, with Kosinski saying that several officers and investigators were carefully sweeping the store and securing the area.
The exact number of fatalities remained unclear.
Kosinski told reporters that police believed no more than 10 people were killed.
Walmart, the largest retailer in the US, issued a statement early yesterday saying: “We are shocked at this tragic event.”
The company added that it was “praying for those impacted, the community and our associates.”
“We’re working closely with law enforcement, and we are focused on supporting our associates,” it said.
Virginia Senator Louise Lucas, who represents the Chesapeake region that lies 240km southeast of Washington, wrote on Twitter that she was “absolutely heartbroken that America’s latest mass shooting took place ... in my district.”
“I will not rest until we find the solutions to end this gun violence epidemic in our country that has taken so many lives,” Lucas wrote.
The shooting occurred at a major retailer less than 48 hours before Americans nationwide celebrate Thanksgiving.
“Tragically, our community is suffering from yet another incident of senseless gun violence just as families are gathering for Thanksgiving,” US Representative Bobby Scott of Virginia wrote on Twitter.
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