Multiple people are dead and others are wounded after a shooting at a Walmart in Virginia, US, police say.
The gunman is among the deadOfficers responded to a reported shooting at the Walmart on Sam's Circle on Tuesday shortly after 10pm local time, Chesapeake police spokesman Leo Kosinski said in a briefing.Police believe there was one shooter, who is dead, he said, and that the shooting had stopped when officers arrived.
He was unable to give an exact number of how many had been killed, but said "less than 10, right now".Virginia state senator L. Louise Lucas said she "will not rest until we find solutions to end this gun violence epidemic".In a tweet, Walmart said it was "shocked at this tragic event", and was "working closely with law enforcement"., killing five people and wounding 17.
And in 2019, a gunman police say was targeting Mexicans, opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso and killed 22 people.
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