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Multiple people were shot at a Walmart in Chesapeake, per local news outlet WAVY-TV.
A police spokesperson said they received a call about the shooting at 10:12 p.m. on Tuesday.
A police spokesperson told WAVY there were “multiple fatalities.”
Multiple people were shot at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night, per a report from local news outlet WAVY-TV.
Chesapeake Police public information officer Leo Kosinski told WAVY-TV that the department received a call at 10.12 p.m. on Tuesday about a shooting at a Walmart supercenter just off Battlefield Boulevard.
Kosinski told members of the media that there were “multiple fatalities” in the incident and the suspected gunman is also deceased. He said the shooting occurred inside the store, but that at least one person was found dead outside of the building.
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A man named Kevin livestreaming from what appeared to be the parking lot outside a Walmart building said there was a shooting at his workplace. In the video, the man — wearing a Walmart uniform — said he thought it was “one of the managers” who was the shooter. The man also claimed to have seen at least two of his colleagues, including a janitor, being shot.
“Just left out the break room, manager come in there, started capping people up in there, starting shooting bro,” the man said on his livestream.
Chesapeake city officials are asking people to not go near the Walmart while the investigation is ongoing.
“Our first responders are well-trained and prepared to respond; please give them space to do so” the city tweeted.
A family reunification site has also been set up at the Chesapeake Conference Center at 700 Conference Center Drive, per the city’s Twitter account.
The FBI’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives said on Twitter that its Washington division is working with the Chesapeake police department on the investigation.
Representatives for Walmart and the Chesapeake Police Department did not immediately respond to Insider’s requests for comment.
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