There was an Evansville Walmart shooting in Indiana Thursday night, officials said. Police shot and killed the gunman. One other person was injured.
The gunman, who was not immediately identified, wounded at least one other person in the store, Evansville Police Department Sgt. Anna Gray told WFIE-TV. The victim was transported to an area hospital and the severity of their injuries was not immediately known.
No officers were wounded, she said. Evansville police and Vanderburgh County sheriff's deputies responded to a report of an active shooter in the store at around 10 p.m. "When officers went in, they were trying to locate the suspect and he was all over the store. He would shoot at officers and move. So it wasn't contained to just one area inside," Gray said. Multiple law enforcement members returned fire during the encounter and the gunman was killed, Gray said."At this time we don't know how many other people he shot at," Gray said, adding that there could could be additional victims who fled. Authorities asked anyone who left the scene with injuries, no matter how small, to contact emergency medical services, WFIE reported. A Walmart representative did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking additional information. Further details would be provided from the scene at 5 a.m. Friday with a press conference later in the day, the city's police department said in a tweet. Evansville, a city of around 116,000 residents on the Ohio River, is located 172 miles southwest of Indianapolis. A Walmart manager in Chesapeake, Virginia, killed six people when he began shooting wildly inside a break room before a routine employee meeting last November, two days ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Six people were also wounded. The gunman shot and killed himself before officers arrived. In a statement, Walmart said, "The entire Walmart family is shocked by the senseless violence that occurred at our Evansville store, and our hearts are with our associate at this time. As we learn more, we'll do everything we can to support our associates as they cope with this tragedy. We're thankful for the local first responders and will continue working with law enforcement through the course of their investigation."Related Topics
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