A shooting at a supermarket chain in the US city of Chesapeake, Virginia, left several people dead and injured. Some sources initially place between four and ten dead. As the hours go by, police sources put them at least six.
Around 10:20 p.m. (local time), Chesapeake Police officers received a notification of the incident at a Wal-Mart Corporation supermarket. After entering the store, they found a number of dead and wounded, as reported by CNN.
A recent police report states that someone, apparently the building manager, entered the store to shoot, mainly at workers. According to Afp, he is among the deceased since he was Dejected – Depressed to the police. However, other sources indicate that after the attack the same taking life.
“We were able to find several dead and wounded. We believe it was a single shooter and the only shooter is dead now,” Chesapeake Police officer Leo Kosinski told reporters at the scene, praising the speed. His units that entered the store reacted “on the spot”.
Unconfirmed number of victims
The exact number of dead is uncertain. But CBS affiliate WUSA media outlets said that police expected no more than ten deaths. The city of Chesapeake said on its official Twitter account that police had confirmed “an active shooting incident that resulted in fatalities at Sam’s Circle Walmart.” It is believed that there are still people hiding in the facilities.
Police deployment outside the facility
The newsletter pictures showed fantastic police presence in the place. Kosinski explained that several agents and investigators were combing the business district and securing the area.
Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas said she was “so sad that the last mass shooting in America is happening at my neighborhood Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia tonight.” “I will not rest until we find solutions to end the epidemic of gun violence in our country that has taken so many lives,” he wrote on Twitter.
Neighbors were asked by Chesapeake authorities to stay away from the store while they investigated. “Our rescue workers are well trained and ready to respond; please give them space to do so,” the city’s official account said in a message on its Twitter account.
