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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Virginia police: Multiple people killed in Walmart shooting

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Police spokesperson gives update on Walmart shooting

Six victims have been killed and a gunman is dead following a mass shooting at a Walmart store in Chesapeake, Virginia, where a store employee reportedly opened fire on colleagues in a break room.

Police were called to the store at around 10.12pm on Tuesday night to find multiple people dead and injured on the scene.

At least five surviving victims were rushed to the Norfolk General Hospital for treatment.

The shooting was over before officers arrived and the gunman is deceased, Chesapeake Police public information officer Leo Kosinski said in a press conference.

A law enforcement source told CNN that the gunman was an employee or former employee at the store who started shooting in the break room.

Kevin Harper, a man who identified himself as a store worker, posted a Facebook Live from outside the store on Tuesday night, where he claimed he had just left the break room when “one of the managers” entered “and just started spraying”.

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