The shooter is also dead, according to the city of Chesapeake, Va. A few days earlier, a shooting had broken out in Colorado.
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Un gunman at least six people in a Walmart supermarket on Tuesday evening, November 22, in a city in the US state of Virginia, local authorities said, adding that the shooter was also dead. Chesapeake Police confirm shooter incident with fatalities at Walmart on Sam’s Circle. The shooter is deceased,” the City of Chesapeake said on Twitter. “Chesapeake police confirm seven victims, including the shooter, after last night’s shooting at Walmart on Sam’s Circle,” the same source said hours later. Police say the shooter is the only suspect in the new shooting, which took place in Chesapeake, 240 km southeast of the capital Washington.
“We have found several victims and several injured people,” Chesapeake local police officer Leo Kosinski told reporters, adding that the response teams entered the store “immediately” upon their arrival, after a call emergency at 10 p.m. (4 a.m. Wednesday, Paris time). “We believe this is a single shooter and that this one is now deceased,” he added. The number of victims has not been officially announced, but according to the policeman, the shooting would not have caused more than 10 deaths. It is also this balance sheet reported by the television station WUSA, affiliated with the CBS channel. “We believe it was a single shooter and that this one is now deceased,” the police officer said.
The municipality of the city, located 240 kilometers southeast of Washington, confirmed on Twitter “a shooter incident with deaths at Walmart on Sam’s Circle”. “Our first response teams are well prepared and ready to respond. Please give them space to do it,” she added. “We are shocked by this tragic event at our store in Chesapeake, Virginia. We pray for those affected, the community and our associates. We are working closely with law enforcement,” he said. the American Walmart brand in a tweet posted hours after the shooting.
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A shooting 48 hours before Thanksgiving
Many police officers were present at the scene of the shooting, according to images released by the news media. Investigators are going through the supermarket with a fine-toothed comb and securing the area, explained Leo Kosinski. Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas said she was “totally heartbroken that the last mass shooting in America took place tonight at a Walmart in [s]one district in Chesapeake”. “I will find no rest until we find solutions to end this endemic gun violence that has stolen so many lives in our country,” the senator continued on Twitter.
“Tragically, our community is experiencing yet another incident of senseless gun violence just as families gather for Thanksgiving” celebrated Thursday, Virginia Rep. Bobby Scott tweeted.
The United States is regularly the scene of mass killings and other gun violence, but the issue of gun control remains politically sensitive and Congress remains reluctant to toughen laws in this area. According to the Gun Violence Archive, more than 600 mass shootings have taken place since the beginning of the current year.
The supermarket shooting took place 48 hours before Thanksgiving celebrations and comes after a shooting at a gay club last weekend in Colorado sparked outrage across the country.
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