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Trevor Metcalfe

Walmart CEO: Virginia store will remain closed ‘for the foreseeable future’

NORFOLK, Va. — The Chesapeake Walmart where police said a manager shot six people and himself to death will remain closed for “the foreseeable future,” according to a company executive.

Walmart U.S. President and CEO John Furner said in an online message to U.S. employees that the company will work with Chesapeake store workers when determining how best to remodel and reopen the store to help them move forward.

“We understand this was a moment that can never be forgotten, particularly for the surviving associates of Store #1841,” Furner said in the message.

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