Two Men, Woman Killed In Shooting At Colorado Walmart

November 02, 2017 12:59

Two Men, Woman Killed In Shooting At Colorado Walmart:- In a tragic incident, three persons including a woman have been killed by an unidentified gunman, who opened fire at a Walmart store in the US State of Colorado on Thursday.

After the shooting was reported around 5 am IST, the Thornton Town Centre shopping complex was ringed for hours by hundreds of emergency responders. The Walmart is part of the centre. “Multiple parties” were down, Thornton police said in a tweet.

Colorado Walmart Shooting Photos

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The Thornton Police Department, an hour later, tweeted, “At this time this is not an active shooter”.

#ThorntonWalmartShooting At this time this is NOT an active shooter. Active crime sceneWe will update as info becomes available. pic.twitter.com/EZgSOtb6yy
— Thornton Police Dept (@ThorntonPolice) November 2, 2017

Unfortunately, the men died at the store, and the woman died at a hospital. No arrests have been made. One Aaron Stephens (44), who was in the self-checkout line at the Walmart heard a single shot, followed by two more bursts of gunfire, before people started running for the exits.

UPDATE: There is currently NO one in custody. Unfortunately the female transported with injury has also passed away. (3) confirmed dead. pic.twitter.com/HOpyrw8BUn
— Thornton Police Dept (@ThorntonPolice) November 2, 2017

“The employees started screaming. Customers were screaming. They were running like crazy, and I ran out too because I didn’t want to get killed,” he said.

The security footage was being reviewed by the investigators, who have not released any details about the circumstances of the shooting. Moreover, to get a description of the shooter, they were interviewing the witnesses.