Teh One Who Knocks
11-02-2017, 10:28 AM
FOX News and The Associated Press
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Police in suburban Denver were searching early Thursday for a man whom they say walked into a Walmart store and opened fire with a handgun, killing two men and a woman before fleeing in a car.
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The vehicle was a red Mitsubishi Mirage four-door hatchback, police told the Denver Post.
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The shooting appears to have been random and there were no indications that it was an act of terror, Thornton, Colo., police spokesman Victor Avila said.
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"This is a very heinous act," Avila said. "We don't know exactly what the motive of the person was, but it was certainly a terrible act."
Two men died inside the Walmart, which is about 10 miles north of Denver in a busy shopping center. The woman died later at a hospital.
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Authorities did not immediately release any other information about the victims.
Aaron Stephens, 44, was in the self-checkout line when he heard a single shot followed by two more bursts of gunfire before people started running for the exits.
"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.
Guadalupe Perez was inside the store with her young son when she heard what she thought was a balloon popping. A Walmart employee told her someone was shooting, and then Perez saw people running away yelling, "Let's go. Let's go. Leave the groceries."
"You see all these things in the news and you go through it, it's scary," she said. "But thank God we're OK and nothing happened to us."
Investigators, including special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, were reviewing security video and interviewing witnesses to identify the suspect.
The gunman was wearing a black jacket, blue jeans and a maroon shirt, Avila told the Denver Post.
Avila said police don't yet know how many rounds were fired.
Ragan Dickens, a Walmart spokesman, said the company is working with investigators and declined to comment further.
The shooting occurred about 6:30 p.m. local time, police said. A little more than an hour later, they tweeted that there was no longer an active shooter at the scene "at this time."
Meanwhile, North Suburban Medical Center told Fox News it had admitted "two bystanders who came in stable condition." It was not immediately clear whether those injuries were part of the official total.
Twitter users posted videos of the evacuated store and multiple emergency vehicles responding to the store.
"I was just picking up my last item and about to head toward the checkout," a witness told KDVR. "I heard two slow pops that sounded like they were coming from the front checkout area, and then started to run as about four more shots rang out a little faster.
"At that point, everyone was just running and screaming."
https://i.imgur.com/cUzATiW.jpg
Police in suburban Denver were searching early Thursday for a man whom they say walked into a Walmart store and opened fire with a handgun, killing two men and a woman before fleeing in a car.
925937705896230912
The vehicle was a red Mitsubishi Mirage four-door hatchback, police told the Denver Post.
925956162897330176
The shooting appears to have been random and there were no indications that it was an act of terror, Thornton, Colo., police spokesman Victor Avila said.
925888944985608192
"This is a very heinous act," Avila said. "We don't know exactly what the motive of the person was, but it was certainly a terrible act."
Two men died inside the Walmart, which is about 10 miles north of Denver in a busy shopping center. The woman died later at a hospital.
925888960143826944
Authorities did not immediately release any other information about the victims.
Aaron Stephens, 44, was in the self-checkout line when he heard a single shot followed by two more bursts of gunfire before people started running for the exits.
"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.
Guadalupe Perez was inside the store with her young son when she heard what she thought was a balloon popping. A Walmart employee told her someone was shooting, and then Perez saw people running away yelling, "Let's go. Let's go. Leave the groceries."
"You see all these things in the news and you go through it, it's scary," she said. "But thank God we're OK and nothing happened to us."
Investigators, including special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, were reviewing security video and interviewing witnesses to identify the suspect.
The gunman was wearing a black jacket, blue jeans and a maroon shirt, Avila told the Denver Post.
Avila said police don't yet know how many rounds were fired.
Ragan Dickens, a Walmart spokesman, said the company is working with investigators and declined to comment further.
The shooting occurred about 6:30 p.m. local time, police said. A little more than an hour later, they tweeted that there was no longer an active shooter at the scene "at this time."
Meanwhile, North Suburban Medical Center told Fox News it had admitted "two bystanders who came in stable condition." It was not immediately clear whether those injuries were part of the official total.
Twitter users posted videos of the evacuated store and multiple emergency vehicles responding to the store.
"I was just picking up my last item and about to head toward the checkout," a witness told KDVR. "I heard two slow pops that sounded like they were coming from the front checkout area, and then started to run as about four more shots rang out a little faster.
"At that point, everyone was just running and screaming."