Walmart employee shot and killed six people before turning the gun on himself Tuesday night in a mass killing that struck the nation just before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Officers responded to the retail store in Chesapeake just before 10:15 p.m. for reports of a shooting. At a press conference Wednesday, investigators were able to confirm that six people were killed in the attack and four were hospitalized with unknown injuries. The suspected shooter, who police confirmed was an employee of the store, is also dead from what they say is a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Police searched the shooter's home and say they have no reason to believe there is a threat to the community.
The identities of the gunman and the other victims have not yet been released. Police say the gunman used a pistol in the attack."I am devastated by the senseless act of violence that took place late last night in our city," Mayor Rick W. West said in a statement posted on the city's Twitter account Wednesday. "Chesapeake is a tightknit community and we are all shaken by this news.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner said in a tweet that he was "sickened by reports of yet another mass shooting, this time at a Walmart in Chesapeake."
What is happening to this world? My heart is aching.
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