In this image from video, Virginia police respond to the scene of a deadly shooting at a Walmart on Tuesday night, November 22, 2022, in Chesapeake, Va.
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In this image from video, Virginia police respond to the scene of a deadly shooting at a Walmart on Tuesday night, November 22, 2022, in Chesapeake, Va.
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A shooting at a Walmart in Virginia on Tuesday night left several people dead and injured, although the exact number was not immediately known, police said. Officials said the gunman was among those killed.
Police responded to reports of a shooting at a Walmart on Sam’s Circle around 10:15 p.m., and as soon as they arrived, they found evidence of the shooting, Chesapeake Police Officer Leo Kosinski said during an investigation. short meeting.
Within 35 to 40 minutes, he said, officers had found many dead and wounded in the store, and mobilized rescue and tactical teams together inside to take care of the victims.
Police believe one gunman is dead, he said. They believe the shooting had stopped when police arrived, Kosinski said. He doesn’t have a death toll, but says it’s “less than 10, right now.”
Kosinski said he didn’t believe police opened fire, but he couldn’t say if the gunman died by shooting himself.
Mike Kafka, a spokesman for Sentara Healthcare, said in a text message that five patients from Walmart are being treated at Norfolk General Hospital. Their conditions are not immediately available.
The Virginia shooting happened three days after a person Open fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado, killing five and injuring 17. The shooter, who is not bisexual, was arrested after patrons at the club barged in and beat them up. The shootings occurred in a year when the country was shaken by The deaths of 21 people in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Tuesday’s shooting also brought back memories of another shooting at Walmart in 2019, when a gunner said the police targeted Mexicans opened fire at a store in El Paso and killed 22 people. Walmart did not have a security guard on duty that day.
Senator Mark Warner tweeted that he was “sick of reports of another mass shooting, this time at a Walmart in Chesapeake.” Senator Louise Lucas echoed Warner’s sentiments by tweeting that she was “absolutely heartbroken that America’s latest mass shooting took place at a Walmart in my county.”
Chesapeake Police tweeted that a family reunion location has been set up at the Chesapeake Convention Center. The site is only for immediate family members or emergency contacts of people who may have been in the building, the tweet said.
Chesapeake is about 7 miles (11 km) south of Norfolk.
