According to reports, a Walmart employee started shooting inside the shop late on Tuesday night, killing ten people.
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Around 10:20 p.m., a store manager opened fire and shot several employees off Battlefield Boulevard. The Daily Beast claims that one of the workers, Kevin Harper, went on Facebook Live following the shooting and claimed that he narrowly escaped the gunfire, which allegedly occurred in a break room. The Chesapeake Police Department said in a statement that they arrived at the scene to find several injuries and fatalities and that they thought the shooter acted alone. The manager shot himself shortly after the shooting.
🚨#UPDATE witnesses are Reporting saying the Night manager “snapped”, and shot a lady in head, killed multiple employees in break room, 10+ shots fired in grocery section. Shot and killed himself. 4+ fatalities. pic.twitter.com/AnBITlypay
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) November 23, 2022
BREAKING🚨: A mass shooting has occurred at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia. Video we’ve obtained from Walmart employees outside the store show multiple police cars arriving and also employees recounting what happened. pic.twitter.com/dB4X4ii9yE
— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) November 23, 2022
In a statement, Virginia state senator Louise Lucas committed to contributing to the nation’s efforts to prevent gun violence. “I am absolutely heartbroken that America’s latest mass shooting took place in a Walmart in my district in Chesapeake, Virginia, tonight. I will not rest until we find the solutions to end this gun violence epidemic in our country that has taken so many lives,” she wrote.
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🚨#UPDATE: The latest information from Chesapeake police on the mass shooting at the Sam’s Circle Walmart⁰pic.twitter.com/qLqjNN8bVn
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This is the second mass shooting that has occurred this week. On Sunday, a gunman opened fire at a gay club in Colorado Springs, killing five people and injuring multiple people.
We will provide more updates as this story develops.